112 THE SWAN AND HER CREW. 



Then he felt more inclined to cry than he ever had done in his 

 life before. It was so very humiliating to be hung up there like 

 a cockchafer at the end of a pin. When he found he could 

 not get down by himself he began to shout for help. 



" Dick, Dick, Dick ! " but no Dick came. The fact was that 

 Dick who had been unsuccessful in his chase after the butterfly, 

 had returned to the spot from whence he started, and then not 

 seeing Jimmy about, he concluded that he had gone back to 

 the others and all the time Jimmy was still up in the tree 

 shouting lustily. Dick heard an inarticulate shouting, but 

 never for one moment imagined it came from Jimmy. When, 

 however, he saw that Jimmy was not with the others, he thought 

 of the -shouting; and they all went in search of the missing one, 

 and when they found him they went into such fits of laughter 

 that for some time no one could help him. 



" Oh dear, Jimmy, you will be the death of me ! This is 

 worse than the big toe affair/' said Frank. 



"I say," said Jimmy, " don't tell anyone at home about this, 

 there's a good fellow." 



"All right, I won't" 



Frank had agreed to row in the race, and while Jimmy and 

 Dick sailed the yacht up to Norwich, he went for a racing spin 

 in the four-oar, and found that he was in much better condition 

 than he had thought. 



When they reached Norwich they found some letters awaiting 

 them. Frank after reading his, said, 



"Hallo, Master Dick,' you never said that you were going 

 to send that dog you bought at Mutford to my. sister Mary/' 



" Didn't I ? " answered Dick blushing. 



" No, of course you didn't. Weil, here is a message for you 

 from her ; she says, ' Tell Dick that I am very much obliged to 

 him for the pretty little dog. He is a sweet little dear, but he 

 soon got into a scrape. He went into the laundry and ate up 

 the blue-bag, flannel and all, and he isn't a bit the worse, 

 although Florrie says she is sure his white coat will turn 

 blue.'" 



