"Why, don't you see, mamma?" she cried. "The first one is 'the old oaken bucket,' and the next one is 'the iron-bound bucket,' and the next is 'the moss-covered bucket that hangs in the well'!"
Then mamma laughed hard, leaning back in her chair, while she held Elsie's sketch at arm's-length to see it better, as artists always look at pictures.
"And what are all those little spots for, Elsie?"
"Why—those, mamma?" said Elsie. "Those are 'the spots that my infancy knew'!"
A PERFECT IDENTIFICATION.
Signor Arditi, the well-known musical conductor, has recently published his memoirs in London. Among the many anecdotes he tells is the following adventure he had with a bank cashier. He was in an American city and wished to have a check cashed, but as the cashier did not know Signor Arditi, he told him he must get himself identified before he could receive any money.
"But I do not know any one here," protested the musical conductor.
"I am very sorry," said the cashier.
Signor Arditi thought for a few moments, and presently said,