Anne soon returned,--"She is gone! I do not look at her anywhere!"

"Gone! In perhaps we shall find her at play in the garden."

In this expectation they all went out, and as they drew near thespot where the nest was, they saw Frances looking somewhat eagerly intothe nest, and seeming to be in some agitation, then she threwsomething out of her hand, and ran away as if wanting not to be seen.