l--and so I play s'pose
the house was there, and it was all white marble with a gold roof. And
s'pose a little girl lived there, about as big as me, with golden hair
that came down to her feet; and she had a white dress, and a blue dress,
and a pink dress, and a silk dress, and all kinds of dresses; and shoes
and stockin's to match every single one. Have you s'posed that?"

"I'm gettin' there!" said Calvin. "Gimme time! I can't s'pose all them
stockin's to once, you know."

"I can s'pose things right off!" said the child. "But p'raps it's
different when you are old. Well! And s'pose she had a mother, and _she_
was a beautiful lady, and she had a velvet dress, purple, like a piece
in Aunt Susan's quilt. It's as soft as a baby, or a new kitten. And
s'pose the little girl came out into the gardin, and said, 'Mittie May,
come and play with me!' and s'pose I went, and s'pose she took me into
the house, and into a room that was all pink, with silver chairs and
sofys, and pink curtains, and a pink pianner,--"

"Belay there, young un!" said Calvin. "You're off soundin's. You don't
want the pianner should be pink. Why, 'twould be a sight!"

"_I_ think 'twould be lovely!" cried the child. "All smooth, like the
pond looks when the sun is goin' down."

Calvin shook his head gravely. "I don't go with that!" he said, "not a
mite. _I_ say, s'pose the pianner was white, with pink roses painted on
it. I see one like that once, to Savannah, Georgia, and it was handsome,
I tell ye. Make it white with pink roses, little un!"

"All right!" said the child. "And anyhow, s'pose the lady played on it,
and the little girl--" she turned suddenly shy, and hung her head.

"Will you laugh if I say her name?" she asked wistfully.

"Laugh!" said Calvin. "Do I look like laughin', young un? nor yet I
don't feel like it. What is her name?"

"S'pose it's Clementina Loverina Beauty! I made up the middle one
myself. S'pose she asked me to dance, and we danced, and the floor was
pink marble, and we had gold slippers on, and my hair grew down to my
feet too, and--and--and then s'pose we was hungry, and Clementina
Loverina Beauty waved her hand, and a table come up through the floor
with roast chicken on it, and cramb'ry sauce, and grapes, and icecream
and cake, and--and we eat all we could hold, and then we went to sleep
in a gold bed with silk sheets. There! now it's your turn."

"My turn?" said Calvin vaguely.

"Yes! your turn to s'pose. What do