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ly, and, in a chearful encouraging voice, repeated the question. "I—I believe—I hid it, papa," said he.
"Where did you hide it, my dear? tell me truly, and you shall have a ride upon the little horse this very evening." The boy looked round for Jenny, as fearing to displease her: but her face was hid from him by the back of the chair; and his papa seeing how it was, asked if Jenny had helped him to hide it? "No, no." "Where then had he put it?" "He had put it," he said, "in the back of his coat." This seemed very unintelligible; but, as he persisted in it, my Lord begged of Miss Osburne to desire one of the maids to bring all the child's clothes into the room. Jenny would have gone for them, but was not permitted to leave the room. As soon as they were brought in, Lord Lintop pointed to the little green coat, which I well remembered him to have worn, and, turning it over, shewed a rip in the seam, just by the pocket hole, which Miss Os-
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