hose mice managed to get
into that pony-carriage is more than I can tell you: but they did manage
it somehow, and after bidding good-bye to their dear Uncle Jack, who was
going back in the next train, as he did not like to stay away from Puff,
they rolled away at a fine pace toward Glenwood, while Susan followed in
the carts with the trunks.

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A very pretty place Glenwood is, and very much delighted the four mice
were, when they tumbled out of the carriage, and saw Roger waiting to
welcome them. Here I will make a little picture of Roger, by the way, as
of course a great many of you have never seen him.

"How do, Nibble?" he cried, jumping up and down with joy as he saw his
cousins. "How do, all of you! come and see my pets! I-have-a-cat-and-
some-birds-and-a-rabbit-and-a-lamb-because-I-haven't-any-brothers-and-
sisters-you-know-and-a-dog--big-enough--to-eat-them-all-up-and-do-you-
think-Puff-would-like-a-white-kitten?"

Roger said all this as if it were one word, and it was no wonder that
the four mice looked rather bewildered.

"Gently, Roger! gently!" said his mother, laughing. "Your cousins cannot
understand a word you say, if you talk so fast."

"I heard 'lamb' and 'kitten,' Auntie," said Fluff, sedately, "and I
should like to see them very much indeed."

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"I want to go down to the beach, please, Auntie!" cried Nibble.

"And so do I!" said Brighteyes, eagerly.

"Very well, dears," said Mrs. Wilton; "you may run wherever you like, if
you are not tired. I shall take little Downy in the house with me, for I
see he is very sleepy, and wants a nap. But, my chickens, don't you want
some lunch before you go out to play?" she added, turning back from the
door.

"Oh! no, Auntie!" they all cried. "We had lunch in the train, as much as
we wanted."

And off they all scampered in different directions, while Mrs. Wilton
went into the house, carrying little sleepy Downy in her arms. Fluff and
Roger walked away hand in hand, and I tipped my glass so that I could
follow.

"Have you many pets, Fluff?" asked Roger.

"No!" replied Fluff. "We have only the three dogs, and Jose, the brown
donkey, and the kitten that Brighteyes found in the tree. But then we
have a great many dolls," she added, "and I suppose you have'nt any
dolls, because you are a boy."

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"Animals is better than dolls," said Roger. "Here is my lamb, under this
tree. Isn't he lovely? here, Belladonna, co