clean apron and a bright little shawl, so they looked quite
gay.

They walked miles and miles, beside bogs, and over hills, along country
roads bordered by hedgerows or by stone walls. At last they saw the
towers of the Castle which belonged to the Earl of Elsmore. It was on
top of a high hill.

The towers stood up strong and proud against the sky. Smoke was coming
out of the chimneys.

"Do you suppose the Earl himself is at home?" Eileen asked her Father.

"'Tis not unlikely," Mr McQueen answered. "He comes home sometimes
with parties of gentlemen and ladies for a bit of shooting or fishing."

"Maybe he'll come to the Fair," Eileen said to Larry.

"Sure, he'd never miss anything so grand as the Fair and he being in
this part of the world," said Larry.

Some distance from the Castle they could see a church spire, and the
roofs of the town, and nearer they saw a little village of stalls
standing in the green field, like mushrooms that had sprung up
overnight.

"The Fair! The Fair!" cried the Twins.

CHAPTER TWELVE.

HOW THEY SOLD THE PIG.

Although they had come so far, they were among the earliest at the Fair.
People were hurrying to and fro, carrying all sorts of goods and
arranging them for sale on counters in little stalls, around an open
square in the centre of the grounds.

Cattle were being driven to their pens, horses were being brushed and
curried, sheep were bleating, cows were lowing, and even the hens and
ducks added their noise to the concert. Diddy herself squealed with all
her might.

Larry and Eileen had never seen so many people together before in all
their lives.

They had to think very hard about the Secret in order not to forget
everything but the beautiful things they saw in the different stalls.

There were vegetables and meats, and butter and eggs. There were hats
and caps. There were crochet-work, and bed-quilts, and shawls with
bright borders, spread out for people to see.

There were hawkers going about with trays of things to eat, pies and
sweets, toffee and sugar-sticks. This made the Twins remember that they
were dreadfully hungry after their long walk, but they didn't have
anything to eat until quite a while after that, because they had so much
else to do. They followed their Father to the corner where the pigs
were. A man came to tell them where to put Diddy.

"You can talk with these two farmers," said Mr McQueen. He brought the
Twins forward. "It's