Page 41 - Fairbrass

And full of new ideas and new hopes,

and thankful to think that he had so many
friends, Fairbrass returned to the house and

went happily to bed.
In the morning he was up and out

betimes to pluck the brave Pieotee.
i Hush ! J said that finely-streaked, and

by this time dew-bespangled volunteer,
as Fairbrass with outstretched hand knelt

down by his side. i Hush I and don't
pick me until you have heard what I have

to say. The other members of my family
are all, as you can see, fast asleep. I,

being determined to help you, have been
awake all night thinking of you and your

affairs. Now, please to be attentive, or
between us things may go wrong. What

did you say last night about office tables
and raihvay-carriage windows ? 1

*Only this,’ said Fairbrass, ‘Often and
often when father comes home without his
flower in his button-hole, and they ask him

where It is, he tells them that he has either

left it on the table or thrown it out of the