"And must I walk?" I asked plaintively. "No, you must go to bed," Bee laughed quietly. "We arranged with the kind woman who took you in last night to come early on the morrow with horses. She looks as if she would be as good as another man if we met our enemies. Now we must try to get some rest, and I think Mark had better stay in the next room while you share this one with Jacky and me."

So once more we settled down to sleep, and, though the night was not as far gone as I had first supposed when I woke so suddenly, there were but a few hours left ere sunrise.

Daylight found me quite refreshed, and after breakfast I was as strong as ever, and none the worse for my adventures.

My friend of the night before came betimes with the horses, her honest, smiling face lighting up as she saw me, and reminding me more than ever of Mrs. Mummer.

Ere we started, I took Mark aside and gave him my ring to keep, for it had been stripped of the thread that had served to make it fit my finger.

"I wonder you trust me with it," Mark laughed, as he slipped it into an inner pocket.

"Would Polly not trust you?" I asked, half jestingly.

"Nay, that she would n't," he answered. "She's told me so often that I lose everything that I begin to believe it myself. I shall be glad to be rid of this troublesome ring when we reach Denewood."

"Well, in that case," I said, with pretended anxiety, "you'll please put it at once in the little powdering-box on my dressing-table, if by chance I am not ready to take it from you."

"Do you mean to go a-gossiping upon the way?" he inquired banteringly. "Were I you, I would change my dress before visiting, unless fringe is now the fashion."

We left a letter with the landlord for Cousin John or any of his men and took the road, Mark at Bee's side and I following with the good woman, who, though she seemed rather silent, was ever ready with her kindly smile.

It was a fine day, but the going was none too good, and we made slow progress. Jacky, sitting in front of Bee, chatted gaily, and wished he might meet Tiscoquam, ever thinking of that deer to be shot, and Bee was too delighted to have him back to say a chiding word.

We soon left the little hamlet behind us, and our road wound through virgin forest with only occasional spaces of cleared land where the settlers' houses nestled close to the road for company. We met one or two carters and gave them "Good morning," but for the most part we saw naught save rabbits and birds.

We were a good half-way on our journey when my companion checked her horse and looked down at its front foot. Instinctively I reined up without saying aught to Bee or Mark, who continued on their way, not knowing that we had halted.

"What is it?" I asked. Still looking down, she muttered something I did n't catch.

"What is it?" I repeated, and this time she raised her head, gazing, however, at the two in front rather than at me.

"I thought he 'd picked up a stone," she said, and started on again.

This action had put a good two hundred yards between us and those ahead, but there was naught to cause me to think twice of this, and I should not have remembered the circumstance save that, at the moment Bee and Mark crossed a bypath running at right angles across our road, I heard a shout, and instantly there rushed between us two mounted men whom I recognized at once. One was Jasper Pilgrim, and the other his rascally companion.

I glanced at the woman by my side, expecting to see some surprise or fright on her countenance, but of these I found no trace, and a sudden suspicion flashed into my mind.

"Who are you?" I cried, leaning forward and grasping her by the shoulder.

"I am Jasper Pilgrim's lawfully wedded wife," she answered, looking guiltily at the ground. "He's the man I promised to love, honor, and obey."

IN the January and February numbers of ST. NICHOLAS, I told you how to make your workbench and tool-chest, and gave you a list of the necessary tools. I also showed you some of the furniture which the boys had made for our exhibit. This month, I will show you, and tell you about, some simple toys which have been made from boxes. They are easily constructed, and are great fun to play with. Before starting to make toys, however, you must secure a coping-saw with several blades, as they are very apt to break if care is not taken.

In our second illustration, we see John Fox at the right of the picture working on a church. This church is made from a starch-box, the cover of which has been removed. The box is turned on its side. On the back of this box John first outlined four pointed windows with a pencil. Then, with his coping-saw, he cut them out. At one end of the box a pointed door was made in the same way. Of the wood which was sawed out John made a door, and four shutters for the windows. These were fastened to the box by small hinges. The pews were formed out of small pieces of wood glued together and set in rows

facing the pulpit. Two broom-handles were then sawed the proper length to fit into the box. These, when securely nailed to the floor and roof, formed pillars, which added strength as well as beauty. As we see, John is carefully adjusting one of these pillars. Later, a pulpit, made from small pieces of wood, was nailed to the first pillar, half-way up. This pulpit was connected with the floor by a winding staircase. It required a great deal of patience to make this staircase wind and fit properly; but John loved to work on his church, and his patience was never exhausted. He sawed and refitted the stairs a dozen times, until they were satisfactory. A pointed roof was fitted to the top of the church, and a twelveinch steeple was then nailed onto the roof at one end. As it was difficult to fit the joints neatly in wood, the steeple was made first in cardboard. When it had been exactly fitted, it was taken apart and traced on wood. It was amusing to watch how John's church grew. All his comrades offered suggestions. One said he must put the choir at the back, another was determined it should be at the side, while a third declared it would be no church at all unless it had a high

pulpit and straight-back pews. John is an accommodating boy, and took all the suggestions offered him, with the result that his church was a strange mixture, but very attractive, and it was able to accommodate a congregation of any denomination.

Willie is on the floor, constructing a derrick. He lives close to the water, and often watches the derricks at work loading and unloading freight boats which steam up to the dock near his home. When we asked Willie what kind of a toy he wanted to make, he chose a derrick at once. To the cover of a cocoa-box he added two long sticks, one of which was passed through a round disk of wood and nailed to the cover. The other stick, or beam, was hinged to the disk, so that it could be lowered, raised, and revolved. The beam was connected with the pole by a string run through a screw-eye at the top. Another string was run through the beam and over the pole to act as a hoist.

on a bean-box and sawed out. The two side pieces of a similar box are then nailed to this, making a roof, and the gables are filled in with triangles cut from the ends of the second box.

In the first illustration, we find the boys making a locomotive, a water-mill, and a dog-cart. The locomotive has for a foundation the cover of a cocoa-box, into which are nailed two blocks. The boiler, which is made from a tin cracker-can, is nailed to these blocks. The cab is made from a third of a cocoa-box, and the tender from the remaining two thirds. The cow-catcher is made of slats of waste wood nailed slanting to a center slat, as shown in our third picture. The wheels and smoke-stacks are made from wooden spools, the smoke-stacks being glued to the top of the boiler. The car-wheels are screwed into the ends of cross-strips nailed underneath the car-body. The lumber-car is simply a box-cover with four upright strips of wood at the corners to support the lumber. The freight- and passen

The water-mill is the same as the stable, but with a trough and mill-wheel added. The wheel is made of two disks of wood sawed out with the coping-saw, and connected by strips of wood which act as paddles.

As Henry has a dog, he asked if he might make a cart for him to pull. Into a bean-box he nailed a seat made from half a box. Strong axles were passed through wooden wheels, and the axles fastened to the box, underneath, the rear one flush with the back of the box. This prevented the wagon from tipping backward. The shafts move on a screw fastened to the bottom of the box in the center.

The "South African Land-Boat" was modeled after a queer vehicle that had been seen by one of the boys sailing gracefully down the hills of South Africa. It was a great success, and the boys enjoyed skimming over the asphalt roads and along the sea-wall. It appears on the right in the fifth illustration. A strong keel was made by nailing two boards together. On this a soapbox, big enough to accommodate Henry, was screwed. A strong axle was screwed at the back of box on the under side, and a similar one to the front of the keel, on which it moved easily. To these axles four baby-carriage wheels were added, and to the front axle a piece of clothes

It required a great deal of patience to make the trolley-car in the fourth picture, but Philip worked it all out for himself. First, he collected a number of thin boxes, such as cocoa-boxesnot cigar-boxes. Out of the cocoa-box he sawed the cleats and seats. The backs of these seats were made reversible by being secured to the sides of the car by a small iron brad. The front and rear platforms were then carefully sawed out and nailed to the floor of the car. A flat roof was then nailed on. Iron roller-skate wheels were used for the car-wheels. These were screwed into strong axles which had been fastened to the underpart of the car. A spool sawed in half served as a headlight, and the overhead signs, that tell the destination, were represented by bits of slat-wood.

line to serve as steering-gear. A six-foot slat from a crate was set upright in the front of the keel to form a mast. The boom was a shorter piece, four feet in length, hinged to the mast, so that the sail could swing easily in the wind. The sail was made from a piece of muslin, and nailed to the mast and boom.

Jo and Louis love lighthouses, so they chose to make one. You will see Louis inside the lighthouse-keeper's home, and Jo is standing on duty at the light. The lighthouse was made from a large shoe-case turned up on end and surmounted by a flat platform. The cover forms the door, which is hinged to the side of box. The upper section, for the light, is a soap-box cut down on two sides and sawed to a point on each of the other sides. Over this is placed a projecting