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 *ter much petting and feeding, Patty announced that it was their nap-time, and led the way upstairs, where they found by each little bed a crib, so tiny you could almost hold it in your hand. Into these the tots were placed, and after a bit of a lullaby, crooned in hushed tones, the dainty things were soon in dreamland.

When the children were again in the yard Patty suggested that they play hide-and-seek.

"It will be great!" she said. "We will choose sides, and half of us hide while the others blind."

A merry game they had, which included two odd catastrophies.

In the first place, Topsy spied such a very safe hiding-place she almost never got found.

You couldn't possibly guess where it was, so