MRS. PETERKIN.—Elizabeth Eliza is very particular about the rhymes.
ELIZABETH ELIZA.—It must be “without his father’s head,” or, perhaps, “without his father said” he should.
JULIA.—I think you must have omitted something.
AMANDA.—She has left out ever so much!
MOTHER.—Perhaps it’s as well to omit some, for the ice-cream has come, and you must all come down.
AMANDA.—And here are the rest of the girls; and let us all unite in a song!
[Exeunt omnes, singing. ]
THE PETERKINS CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY.
THE day began early. A compact had been made with the little boys the evening before.