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Page 31
"If they abused you, of course I wouldn't. Tell the truth and I'll
stand by you. Girls, you go for the milk."
"Oh, Ma, do let us stay! We'll never tell, truly, truly!" cried Bab and
Betty, full of dismay at being sent off when secrets were about to be
divulged.
"I don't mind 'em," said Ben, handsomely.
"Very well, only hold your tongues. Now, boy, where did you come from?"
said Mrs. Moss, as the little girls hastily sat down together on their
private and particular bench opposite their mother, brimming with
curiosity and beaming with satisfaction at the prospect before them.
_(To be continued.)_
A CHAT ABOUT POTTERY.
BY EDWIN C. TAYLOR.
"Did you see those funny little china figures at the Centennial when
you were there?" asked Willie of his cousin Al on their way home from
school one day.
"What figures, Will? Do you mean those large red clay things from
England, or the Chinese figures that Mr. Wu had at his place?" said Al.
"I don't mean either; I said small figures. Don't you remember a
splendid show of pottery near the music-stand in the main building?"
asked Will.
"Yes," said Al. "Well, there was a lot of figures of London street
people, and some were the funniest-looking things you ever saw."
"I saw so much china and 'pottery,' as you call it, that I hardly
recollect any of it. But 'pottery,' I thought, meant merely flower-pots
and other ordinary stone-ware?"
[Illustration: LONDON CABMAN (ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN)]
"Why, no," said Willie; "it means anything that is formed of earth and
hardened by fire. I heard Uncle Jack say so, and he knows, doesn't he?"
said Willie, decidedly.
"Of course; but people do call these things 'china' or 'porcelain' as
well as 'pottery,' don't they?"
"Yes; but Uncle Jack says 'pottery' means all those together, and
'porcelain,' 'majolica,' and other names like that are names of
different kinds of pottery," answered Willie.
"Well," said Al, "let's ask Uncle Jack to tell us all about it. What do
you say?"
"Yes; let's ask him this very night."
When the lads reached home they told their plan to Willie's sister
Matie, and then all three determined to carry it out.
"Rap-a-tap, tap," sounded briskly at the library door after supper.
"Come in," was the response, and in bounded the three children, their
faces lighted up with smiles at the prospect of spending an evening
with Uncle Jack.
"Welcome, youngsters," said he, in a cheery tone. "But you look as if
you were expecting something; what is it?"
"Oh, Uncle Jack, we want you to tell us all about pottery," cried the
boys.
"Yes, please do," chimed in Matie.
"All about pottery? Why, my dear children, that's very like asking me
to tell you all about the whole civilized world, for a complete history
of one would be almost a history of the other; and I could hardly do
that, you know," said Uncle Jack, with a smile.
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