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It is played exactly as "I spy" and the counting out beforehand is similar. There is a considerable number of counting-out rhymes to be heard, only one of which I am able to give entire. It is in Filipino Spanish. "Pim, pim, serapim, agua, ronda, San Miguel, arcángel." In English, "Phim, phim, seraphim, water, the night patrol, St. Michael, the archangel." Hop-Scotch.
Miss Milbrey wondered somewhat; but her mind was easy, for her resolution had been taken. Mrs. Gwilt-Athelstan extended her invitation to the young people, who accepted joyfully. "Come down and camp with us, and help Phim keep the batteries of his autos run out.
"I stick to my peg," she continued; "but I like to see a Chablis with the oysters and good dry sherry with the soup, and a Moselle with the fish, and then you're ready to be livened with a bit of champagne for the roast, and steadied a bit by Burgundy with the game. Phim sticks to it, too; tells me my peg is downright encouragement to the bacteria. But I tell him I've no quarrel with my bacteria.
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