ped on the ground, and the

love-ly eggs were gone.

"I know well e-nough," said

Beth, "that those were the

ver-y eggs that your broth-er

Jim-my was a-car-ry-ing a-bout

strung on a straw, Sat-ur-day

af-ter-noon."

"Yes," said Bes-sie, sad-ly,

"he and Dick must have found