'All flowers I adore,'
Laughed a Butterfly;
And murmured a Wasp,
'Red Heather, say I.'
Then a grey Moth said,
'When you're all in bed,
I have the bliss
Of the Woodbine's kiss;
She waits for me when the day doth die.'
AFLOAT ON THE DOGGER BANK.
A Story of Adventure on the North Sea and in China.
CHAPTER XVI.
After strolling some distance, the three travellers discovered the ruins of an old brick building. They entered it, and found that there were no signs of its being used by any one.
'The first thing to do is to have something to eat,' said Charlie.
He took from his pocket some of the food which the missionaries had given them. Fred and Ping Wang followed his example, but in the middle of their meal Charlie startled them by declaring that their plan for getting him a pigtail was not worth carrying out.
'What is the good of my having a pigtail?' he asked. 'I haven't a skull-cap, and it can't be sewn to my "beehive."'