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cuerado did the time he put on his beautiful blue slippers," 

 remarked Lucien, in great glee. 



" You don't mean to say," said Sumichrast, " that 1'En- 

 cuerado ever wore blue slippers ?" 



" Yes ; the other day there was a dinner-party, and mam- 

 ma told him to dress himself as well as he could. He at 

 once ran off to buy a pair of pumps he had seen in a shop, 

 and, just at the moment they were all sitting down to din- 

 ner, he made his appearance in his new foot-coverings, and 

 a cravat !" 



" A cravat !" repeated Sumichrast, more surprised than 

 ever. 



" Yes, a real cravat ; but as he had never before worn 

 any thing on his feet but sandals, he lifted them up when 

 he walked just as Gringalet does now. Mamma advised 

 him to put on his sandals again; but he would not obey 

 her, so he was well punished, for he tripped up and broke 

 a whole pile of plates. It was not until after this mis- 

 fortune that he could be persuaded to take off his blue 

 pumps; and even then he could not bear to part with them 

 altogether, so he hung them round his neck, and kept on 

 waiting at table, as proud as possible with his grand deco- 

 ration." 



This adventure Avas only too true, and Sumichrast listen- 

 ed to it with shouts of laughter. 



" Why did you hang the shoes round your neck instead 

 of putting them away in a corner?" asked Sumichrast of 

 the Indian. 



" I did it to let all the world know that I had bought 

 them, and that they belonged to me," replied 1'Encuerado. 



Our encampment was established at the entrance of a 

 fresh glade. L'Encuerado had killed five or six small 

 birds ; we were, therefore, certain of something for dinner. 

 We had scarcely finished our building operations, when 



