time and the sun in the day until the crows would be
finding her out."

The Philosopher drew his chair closer to Meehawl.

"Daughters," said he, "have been a cause of anxiety
to their parents ever since they were instituted. The
flightiness of the female temperament is very evident in
those who have not arrived at the years which teach how
to hide faults and frailties, and, therefore, indiscretions
bristle from a young girl the way branches do from a
bush."

"The person who would deny that--" said Mee-
hawl.

"Female children, however, have the particular sanc-
tion of nature. They are produced in astonishing excess
over males, and may, accordingly, be admitted as domi-
nant to the male; but the well-proven law that the minor-
ity shall always control the majority will relieve our
minds from a fear which might otherwise become intol-
erable."

"It's true enough," said Meehawl. "Have you no-
ticed, sir, that in a litter of pups--"

"I have not," said the Philosopher. "Certain trades
and professions, it is curious to note, tend to be perpet-
uated in the female line. The sovereign profession