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THE TERRIBLE TWINS

ing friends; and the Twins and Wiggins were in request as the lighter element in the Christmas gath-
erings. Thanks to the Terror, the three of them took this brightening function with considerable seriousness: each of them learned by heart a humor-
ous piece of literature, generally verse, for recit-
ing; and they performed two charades in a very painstaking fashion. They had but little dramatic talent; but they derived a certain grave satisfaction from the discharge of this enlivening social duty; and their efforts were always well received.

It was, as usual, a green and muggy Christmas. The weather broke about the middle of January; and there came hard frosts and a heavy snow-storm. The Twins made a glorious forty-foot slide on the common in front of Colet House; and they con-
structed also an excellent toboggan on which they rushed down the hill into the village street. These were but light pleasures. They watched the ponds with the most careful interest; eager, should they bear, not to miss an hour's skating. Wiggins shared their pleasures and their interest; and Mr. Carrington, meeting the Terror on his way to his lessons at the vicarage, drew from him a promise

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