Is there a barrel coming too, do you think, Mr Forsyth ?' "'Statuary with Care, Fragile,'" read Gideon aloud from the painted warning on the box.

'Then you were told nothing about this ?' 'No,' responded Julia.

'O, Mr Forsyth, don't you think we might take a peep at it ?' 'Yes, indeed,' cried Gideon.

'Just let me have a hammer.' 'Come down, and I'll show you where it is,' cried Julia.

'The shelf is too high for me to reach'; and, opening the door of the kitchen stair, she bade Gideon follow her.