or you could really bathe it in the tub.

"Oh! isn't that cute!' cried Teddy, with delight. "Won't little Cousin
Harriett be pleased!"

"I hope she will," said mamma.




CHAPTER TENTH.

THE COUNTERPANE FAIRY SAYS GOOD-BYE.

TEDDY was to go out-doors the next day if it was mild and pleasant. The
doctor had come in that morning for the last time to see him. "Well, my
little man," he had said, giving Teddy's cheek a pinch, "can't be
pretending you're a sick boy any longer with cheeks and eye like these.
Now we'll have you back at school in no time, and then I suppose you'll
be up to all your old tricks again."

Later on the little boy had gone downstairs for dinner, for the first
time since he had been ill. Everything there had looked very strange to
him, and as if he had not seen it for years.

He had felt just as well as ever until he tried to chase the cat,
Muggins, down the hall, and then his legs had given way in a funny, weak
fashion that made him laugh.

After dinner Muggins followed him upstairs, and curling down under a