In his struggle to get at them he had torn the covers to rags.

We fixed him up in a pair of Dr.Brown's trousers, which were six inches too short for him, and then he climbed over the back fence and went home.

Such misfortunes would have discouraged most men utterly, but Peter was desperately in love; and a week or two later, without stopping to estimate his chances, he proposed to his fair enchantress.

She refused him promptly, of course.

He seemed almost wild over his defeat, and his friends feared that some evil consequences would ensue.