BELL-HORSES AND OTHER DELIGHTS
“‘Bell-horses, bell-horses, what time of day?
One o’clock, two o’clock, three and away.
Bell-horses, bell-horses what time of day?
Two o’clock, three o’clock, four and away.’”
Then we stood up, and cried out—
“‘Five o’clock, six o’clock, no time to stay.’”
At this point Hals came and sat quietly by me on the edge of my sofa, and Bess went on.
“Besides that we had Green Gravel, Green Gravel, and even Mrs. Burbidge says that is not a wicked game to play,” cried Bess; and repeated the old lines with a funny little tilt of her head—
“‘Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green,