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"What," inquired the little ht?"

St George looked at him in surprise

"Because if you are," continued little Cawthorne without prea to Yaque We'll put you ashore if you say so"

St George sratefully

"No--Bennietod?" inquired Little Cawthorne

Bennietod, pale and rinned cheerfully and fu checked Ascot which he had derived fro t'ever I met up wid," he assented, "ef de deck'd lay down levil I'm de sonny of a sea-horse if it ain't"

"A his pipe and took it briefly fros," he pleaded in his pleasant drawl, "or I'll swear soe merely held his pipe by the bowl and nodded a little, but the hearts of all of the on deck Rollo, at his master's invitation, joined them with a mandolin, which he had been discovered to play considerably better than any one else on board Rollo sat bolt upright in a reclining chair to prove that he did not forget his station and strued approval with: "Yes, sir A little music adds an air to any occasion, I always think, sir"

The ht in that orld was brilliant The air was drowsy and scented with soht have coe blooe went aside for a space and walked up and down the deck or sent below for Jarvo Once, as Jarvo left St George's side, Little Cawthorne awoke and sat upright and inquiring, in his hammock

"What is the matter with his feet?" he inquired peevishly "I shall certainly ask him directly"

"It's the seventh day out," Amory observed, "and still nobody knows"

For Jarvo and Akko had another distinction besides their direyhound build Their feet, clad in soft soleless shoes,and pointed and of almost uncanny flexibility It had become impossible for any one to look at either of the littlehis eyes wander to their curiously expressive feet, which, like "courtier speech," were expressive without revealing anything

"I t'ink," Bennietod gave out, "dat dey're lost Eyetalian organ-grinder ence, like Bertran's Bimi"

"What a suspicious child it is," yawned Little Cawthorne, and went to sleep again Toward ht he awoke, refreshed and happy, and broke into instant song: "The daylight htless, the heartless, the free, But there's so about the moon's ray--"