£10 
WATER GARDENS, ETC. 
yet the vigilant parents would not let them rest 
until they were housed somewhere far away from 
Mrs. Keith. 
Joseph could hardly realise the disgrace into which 
they had fallen, although Mrs. Keith stated the 
facts of the case to him very plainly. I was thank- 
ful we had no cats, which might find these young 
birds dainty morsels of food before they had 
learned to keep themselves well up in the air. 
At Nestly Heights, Joseph had beaten both Ben 
and Harry at tennis, and had been asked the day 
following to play in a set with Mr. Percy. This 
he regarded as showing advancement on his part. 
For the time being, he had much more to say about 
tennis than about the ousting of the phoebe-birds 
from their home. He seemed not even to have 
noticed which flowers were blooming particularly 
well at Nestly Heights. Indeed, throughout the 
evening he wore the air of a conquering hero. 
