and mother and their two children. The father and
mother walked together first, and the two children, hand in hand,
followed. The oldest child was a girl, of about Jennie's age. The other
was a very small boy, just beginning to learn to talk. Rollo and Jennie
came immediately behind these children, and were very much interested in
hearing them talk together, especially to hear the little one prattling
in French. He called his sister Adrienne, and she called him Antoine.
Thus Rollo and Jennie knew the names of the children, but they had no
way of finding out what were the names of the father and mother.

"Now, Jennie," said Rollo, in a low tone, "I think we had better follow
this party, and keep close to them all the time, and then, when we get
to the church, perhaps they will give us a seat."

Jennie liked this proposal very much, and so she and Rollo walked along
after Adrienne and Antoine, not too near them, but so near as to keep
them always in sight. Sometimes the party turned aside from the avenue
to walk under the trees, and sometimes they stopped a few minutes to
look at some curious exhibition or spectacle which was to be seen. At
one place a man had a square marked off, and enclosed with a line to
keep the crowd back; and in the middle he had an electrical machine,
with which he gave shocks to any of the bystanders who were willing to
take them. A boy kept turning the machine all the time. At another place
was a little theatre, mounted on a high box, so that all could see, with
little images about as large as dolls dancing on the stage, or holding
dialogues with each other. The words were really spoken by a man who was
concealed in the box below; but as the little images moved about
continually, and made all sorts of gesticulations, corresponding with
what was said, it seemed to the bystanders precisely as if they were
speaking themselves. Besides this, the images would walk about, scold
each other, quarrel and fight each other, run out at little doors, and
then come in again, and do a great many other things which it was very
wonderful to see such little figures do.

There were places, too, where there were great whirling machines, under
splendid tents and canopies, with horses, and boats, and ships, and
cradles at the circumference of them, all of which were made to sail
round and round through the air, carrying the children that were mounted
on the horses or sitting in the ships and boats. There were also s