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bicycle. They went a little deeper into the wood and reached their goal, the banks of a small pool.

They sat down in a row, and the princess looked at its cool water, in the cool green shade of the tall trees, with refreshed eyes.

"This is different," she said with a faint little sigh of pleasure.

"Yes; this is the real open air," said the Terror.

"But I do get lots of open air," protested the princess. "Why, I sleep with my window open—at least that much." She held out her two fore-
fingers some six inches apart. "The baroness did not like it. She said it was very dangerous and would give me the chills. But Doctor Arbuthnot said that it must be open. I think I sleep better."

"We have our bedroom windows as wide open as they'll go; and then they're not wide enough in this hot weather," said Erebus in the tone of su-
periority that was beginning to sound galling.

"I think if you took off your hat and jacket, you'd be cooler still," said the Terror rather quickly.

The princess hesitated a moment; then obediently she took off her hat and jacket, and breathed an-