awakened by a strange, humming, buzzing sound close to his head, and
when he got out the sand that the 'sand-man' had put in his eyes, he
stared about him. There on the bottom of the bed was a fearful
hobgoblin, so Tommy Man thought, with big round eyes, awfully long legs
and wings, and a beak that looked like a trooper's sword.

"'Are you one of those angels that my mamma said took care of little
boys at night?' asked Tommy Man, trembling.' 'Cause if you are I guess I
can get along by myself all right; you needn't stay.'

"But the mosquito made a jab with his bill at the bed-clothes over
Tommy's chin, and said, loudly:

"'Cousin-n-n-n-n, Cousin-n-n-n.'

"'Oh, you're a cousin, are you? I wonder which one?'

"'Z-z-i-m m-m,' answered the mosquito, buzzing about Tommy Man's head.

[Illustration: The Unexpected Visitor.]

"'Zim? Oh, I guess you must be that soldier cousin of mother's by the
looks of the sword you carry; his name was Jim.'

"'Cousin-n-n-n-n!' buzzed the mosquito sharply. 'Don't you know your own
relations?'

"'You my relation?' Tommy asked in amazement. 'How do you make that
out?'