Then the curtains were drawn, and soon after the lights in the room were all turned out. Then the curtains flew open again disclosing a white sheet brightly illuminated from behind. Somebody read aloud the poem by Richard Barham about "The Knight and the Lady," while a shadow pantomime representing the action of the ballad was shown on the sheet. It was very funny. Cousin Elizabeth was the Lady Jane, who was "tall and slim," while the part of Sir Thomas was wonderfully well acted by Cousin Tom, and when that portly old gentleman, who it seems was a naturalist, went around "unearthing his worms and his grubs," he looked very funny indeed. And then when "Close by the side Of the bank he espied An uncommon fine tadpole, remarkably fat; He stooped, and he thought her his own, he had caught her, Got hold of her tail, and to land almost brought her, When, he plumped head and heels into fifteen feet water," and the shadow Sir Thomas ducked suddenly into the pond, and a very real splashing was heard, the delighted audience fairly shouted with laughter. And then when the funny old gardener appeared, bringing to the august Lady Jane the news of Sir Thomas' fate, and when the jocund Captain McBride tried to console the weeping lady,--but, no, I can't tell it all to you; to see how funny it all was you will have to read the ballad in the "Ingoldsby Legends" for yourself. When that was over, sandwiches, ices and cakes were served and they seemed to be as thoroughly enjoyed by the young people as were Aunt Isabel's elaborate feasts, though by contrast it seemed to Patty a very slight repast. Next came the "Quotation Salad" which was Ruth's pride and delight. Cousin Elizabeth passed around a great bowl, which seemed to be full of leaves of crisp, green lettuce. They were, however, made of tissue paper, and each leaf had attached to it a strip of writing paper on which was written a quotation. These were from well-known poems or historic speeches, or even from Mother Goose's Melodies and other juvenile classics. Each child drew out three leaves, and endeavored to remember or guess the source of the quotations written thereon. Then the roll was called, and all who could give their three answers correctly were marked one hundred. After this, the unguessed ones were read aloud, and whoever could answer them received ten more on his or her score for each perfect answer. To the child attaining the highest score, a prize of a Dictionary of Quotations was to be awarded. Patty's three questions were easy enough. One was "His cause is marching on." Another was "Twinkle, twinkle little bat," and the third was "Don't give up the ship." She could place all three, but when the more difficult ones were announced, she found that she knew very little about general literature. Ruth, however, could tell the author of nearly every one, and no one was surprised when her score was declared the highest.