ORGANIZATION.
James and Lucy staid and took tea with Rollo that evening; and, during tea time, Rollo’s father and mother were talking, and the boys were all still. At last, just before they had finished their supper, Rollo’s father asked them how they had got along collecting curiosities.
“O, we had a very good time,” said Rollo, “till we came to put our curiosities away; and then we should have had a good time if the boys had not pushed so, and made such a noise.”
“What made them do so?” asked his mother.
“I don’t know, unless it was because we did not have any regent.”
“Any what?” said his father.
“Any regent,” said Rollo. “We had Lucy for a regent while we were walking, and then we got along very well; but she would not be regent any longer, when we got home.”
Rollo’s father and mother scarcely knew what to make of this; for they had never heard before of a regent in children’s plays. But as they looked towards Mary, and observed that she was smiling, they at once understood that it was one of her plans. Rollo’s father said he thought it was an excellent idea.
“But why did not you have a regent when you were putting your things away, just as you had before?” he asked.