f all other sensible objects-by Mr. Skinner and his voice,

"They pretty near give Mithith Thkinner fitth, Thir. And the thtinging nettleth by the runth, Thir, they're growing, Thir, and the canary creeper, Thir, what we thowed near the think, Thir-it put itth tendril through the window in the night, Thir, and very nearly caught Mithith Thkinner by the legth, Thir. Itth that food of yourth, Thir. Wherever

of 'em, Thir-and the frightful way the canary creeper wath growing, and directly I heard the waptheth-directly I 'eard 'em, Thir, I underthood. I didn't wait for nothing exthept to thow on a button I'd lortht, and then I came on up. Even now, Thir, I'm arf wild with angthiety, Thir. 'Ow do I know watth ha

id Mr. Bensington;

thenth. Ath big ath 'enth. I thayth, to 'er, I thayth you juth thow me on a button or two, I thayth, for I can't go to London like thith, I thayth, and I'll go up to Mithter Benthi

so confoundedly un

th Thkinner, Thir! Oh, don't, Thir! I 'aven't the 'eart to argue with you. Thwelp me, Thir, I 'aven't! Itt

measurement of all these beautif

All thith latht month. We 'aven't known what to make of it, Thir. What with the henth gettin' tho

id Redwood. "The thing is, Be

to do?" sai

kinner," said Redwood. "You can't

don't. Not if there

Itth Mithter

s will be all right at night. And t

out the

t any rats,"