They would surely be fair to Jim, and when she had him ready, with his leather book-bag, his neat blue serge knickerbocker suit, his white collar and well-polished boots, she thought, with a swelling of pride, that there would not be a handsomer child in the school, nor one that was better cared for.

Frocks vanished from our castle then, Ne'er to be worn or seen again, And in his knickerbocker pride He boasted pockets at each side And stored them deep with various things Stones, tops and jacks and-colored strings; Then for a time we claimed the joy Of calling him our little boy.

Socks, according to tastevery few knickerbocker stockings need be taken, as putties are cheap and usual in Srinagar.