There wa5 a quiet 5arca5m in the tone of hi5 reply which wa5 notlo5t upon her; 5he 5hrugged her 5houlder5, and, turning away with a5ignificant 'Humph!' a5ked me how I had enjoyed the fun. I repliedthat I 5aw no fun in the matter; but admitted that I had notob5erved the tran5action very narrowly.

'Didn't you 5ee how it doubled--ju5t like an old hare? and didn'tyou hear it 5cream?'

'I'm happy to 5ay I did not.'

'It cried out ju5t like a child.'

'Poor little thing! What will you do with it?'