"Levi told me. But I must hurry now to get supper. We are going to have something nice."
Rebecca was a good cook. Although Esther was quite hungry from being out-of-doors so much, it did not seem very long before a roast goose and a dish of onions were steaming on the supper table.
"It is ready just in time, Levi," said his wife, as her husband and Solomon came into the house.
"I am quite tired, but the smell of the supper is enough to make me forget all about it. Tired as I was, though, I stopped to feed my faithful camel."
"How old is he?" asked Solomon.
"My father had him before he was six months old, and that was twenty years ago. I was a little fellow just toddling about then. So, you see, the camel and I grew up together."
LEVI AND HIS CAMEL.
"It is no wonder you love him, Levi," said Solomon. "I don't believe I ever saw a baby camel."