And dad knows as well as I do when it began.

It came out suddenly about a fortnight ago, after he had been holding some green worsted for my stepmother to wind into balls.

Just look at it, will you, old chap ?" "Nonsense, nonsense!" chimed in the old man, laughingly.

"Don't mind the silly boy, Mr.Rickaby.He will have it that that green worsted is to blame, just because he happened to spy the thing the morning after." "Let's have a look at it," said Cleek, moving nearer the light.

Then, after a close examination, "I don't think it amounts to anything, after all," he added, as he laid aside the glass.