Miss North tried to look as if this were the most unexpected bit of good fortune which could possibly come to her, and glanced around for an appropriate seat. The children looked pleased at the slight diversion, and Ezekiel, sitting in a corner seat of the front row, looked both pleased and intelligent. "Dat's Trusty," he began smilingly in a low voice to Miss North, "dat's Trusty Miles, Miss No'th"; and, feeling the cheerful superiority of former acquaintance, he beamed delightedly on Trusty. "Yes; and I think you may sit right here," explained Miss North, after brief consideration. In lack of anything else to do, Trusty accepted the offered seat. "And now," continued Miss North, when the children had once more settled themselves and Miss Doane had gone back to her waiting visitor, "we will go on with the lesson. Yes, we had just decided that we all had _bodies_." Ezekiel glanced at the new pupil, who seemed to be somewhat taken by surprise at this unexpected development, and was looking curiously around the room with evident hope of disputing the statement. "Yes, that is true, is it not, that we all have _bodies?_" They _all_ looked around rather doubtfully, as if they did not feel quite so sure on this point; but, as no disembodied spirit spoke up in denial of the assertion, it was gradually accepted. "Yes; and these bodies have a great many different _parts_, haven't they?" "Yas'm," came, rather faintly. "Why, yes, indeed," went on Miss North, quite gaily, "a great many different _parts_. Now, what are some of these parts, children? Who can think?" There was a moment of tremendous concentration, and then a dozen hands went up. "Well, Alphonso Jones--and make a nice sentence, Alphonso." "Yer haid is part uv yer body," stated Alphonso, as though he were not in the habit of being contradicted. "Yes, very true. Your head is part of your body. And now, as different parts of the head, we have--" putting her fingers suggestively to her ears---- "Ears!" shouted a tremendous chorus. [Illustration: "'I'SE JUS 'BLIGE WHUP 'IM ALL DE WAY TER SCHOOL'"] "Yes; and--" closing her eyes, and just touching the lids lightly, as the most delicate hint possible---- "Eyes!" shouted a yet more tremendous chorus. "Yes; and now, since the eyes are such a very important part of the head, let us think how we can take very good _care_ of the eyes." This sounded rather complicated, and there was another moment of awful concentration. Even Trusty appeared to be thinking warmly on the subject. "Well, Ezekiel, what do you say?" "Not pick no holes in 'em wid no pin," suggested Ezekiel pleasantly. "Why, Ezekiel, certainly not! Of course we shouldn't want to pick holes in them with a pin; but--well, what do you say, Tommy?" "Not pick no holes in 'em wid no needle!" explained Tommy, his face all aglow with enthusiasm.