Cook passed through the kitchen as this was said, and the remark evidently met with her approval.
(To be continued.)
WHAT THE MAGIC WORDS MEANT.
A FAIRY STORY.
"It wasn't here last night? and how did it get here? and who nailed it up? and what does it mean?" said Lilla.
"I didn't nail it up," answered a Magpie, who hopped about from morning till night in Lilla's garden, and never left off chattering.
"Of course not," returned Lilla; "I did not suppose that you did. But I should like to understand the meaning of it."
And she gazed up at a great white board that had been fastened to the garden wall. There were several words upon the board, and Lilla softly repeated them.