"I think it is too bad to laugh at an old man like him," added Flora.
"It would be, if he were in distress; but don't you see he is as merry as any of the children?"
"Play us some tunes," said the children.
"I will, my little dears;" and the old man raised the fiddle. "Let's see—I will play 'Napoleon's Grand March.'"
The fiddler played, but he behaved so queerly that the children laughed so loud they could hardly hear the music.
"Why, that's 'Yankee Doodle,'" said Henry Vernon; and they all shouted at the idea of calling that tune "Napoleon's Grand March."
"Now I will play you the solo to the opera of 'La Sonnambula,'" said the old man.
"Whew!" said Henry.
The old man fiddled again, with the same funny movements as before.
"Why, that's 'Yankee Doodle' too!" exclaimed Henry.