"Very well, Mr. Mike," said Stuffie, who, truth to tell, was afraid of Red Nose.
The end of it was that Stuffie, being so mad, got the worst of it. She went to her nest to mope the rest of the day.
Lady Gray heard how nicely Speckle behaved. She sent and asked her to dine at the Castle. You may be sure Speck went.
CHAPTER EIGHTH.
A LITTLE FUN.
"High! high! for the first cold day. It makes me feel good," said Long Nose Bill on the tenth of December.
"What shall we do to-day?" asked Fluffie.
"Suppose we get the sleds and go to the hill!"
"What for?"