own. Its saddle and bridle adorned a limb of the oak.
The song went cheerfully on: —
“‘Much ado there was, God wot:
would love and she would not;
said, “Never man was true.”
He said, “None was false to you.”‘“
“Give you good-day, reverend sir!” I called. “Art conning next Sunday’s hymn?”
Nothing abashed, Master Jeremy Sparrow gently shook off the squirrels, and getting to his feet advanced to meet us.
“A toy,” he declared, with a wave of his hand, “a trifle, a silly old song that