"Oh, there's that funny little fellow that was here this morning!" she said.

"We tried to make him talk, but he just kept his head on one side, and was too embarrassed to say anything." "Hey, Sambo," called the young man suddenly in his ear.

"What do you know ?" John Jay gave a start, and looked up at the amused faces above him.

He took the question seriously, and thought he must really tell what he knew; but just at that moment he could remember only one thing in all the wide world.

Every other bit of information seemed to desert him.