"To be sure she can. Dot comes of a smart family. Now, Midget;" and with that he perched her up on his knee.
Charlie and Kit began to listen.
"'When good King Arthur ruled the land,
He was a goodly king:
He stole three pecks of barley-meal
To make a bag pudding.'"
"I don't believe it," burst out Charlie. "I was reading about King Arthur"—
"And he was a splendid cook. Hear his experience,—
'A bag pudding the king did make,
And stuffed it well with plums;