chairs, clothes-pins, and spools, for wheels to go "wound and
wound;" also a basket hung over the back of a big chair, in
which he vainly tried to hoist his too confiding sister, who, with
feminine devotion, allowed her little head to be bumped till
rescued, when the young inventor indignantly remarked, "Why,
marmar, dat's my lellywaiter, and me's trying to pull her up."

Though utterly unlike in character, the twins got on remark-
ably well together, and seldom quarrelled more than thrice a
day. Of course, Demi tyrannized over Daisy, and gallantly
defended her from every other aggressor; while Daisy made a
galley-slave of herself, and adored her brother as the one
perfect being in the world. A rosy, chubby, sunshiny little soul
was Daisy, who found her way to everybody's heart, and nestled
there. One of the captivating children, who seem made to be
kissed and cuddled, adorned and adored like little goddesses, and
produced for general approval on all festive occasions. Her
small virtues were so sweet that she would have been quite
angelic if a few small naughtinesses had not kept her delight-
fully human. It was all fair weather in her world, and every
morning she scrambled up to the window in her little night-
gown to look out, and say, no matter whether it rained or shone,
"Oh, pitty day, oh, pitty day!" Every one was a friend, and
she offered kisses to a stranger so confidingly that the most
inveterate bachelor relented, and baby-lovers became faithful
worshippers.

"Me loves evvybody," she once said, opening her arms, with
her spoon in one hand, and her mug in the other, as if eager
to embrace and nourish the whole world.

As she grew, her mother began to feel that the Dovecote
would be blest by the presence of an inmate as serene and
loving as that which had helped to make the old house home, and
to pray that she might be spared a loss like that which had
lately taught them how long they had entertained an angel
unawares. Her grandfather often called her "Beth," and her
grandmother watched over her with untiring devotion, as if

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