CHAPTER V.
THE MERCHANT SHOWMAN.
ELL, so it is to be about tea to-day," Mr. Graham at once began. "Supposing I do not know anything about it, though; what are we to do then? I know tea comes from an evergreen plant, something like a myrtle, but that isn't much information, is it? Wait a minute, though, children," he then went on, "and you shall have a proper lesson to-day." And as he spoke Mr. Graham disappeared, soon to return with a fellow passenger, a tea merchant, who would be the kind "show-man" for to-day.
"How far did you get?" he asked, as he sat amongst the group of father, mother, and children, for Mrs. Graham had also come to "the show" to-day.