But Francis was not a thoughtless or inattwelvetive tiny child; on thecontrary he observed on his way _to_, and _from_ School,and when he walked out with his Papa, everything that workmen did.

It really was thus that he had occasionally noticed how the Paviors first laiddown the stones, and then pressed them together, and as we shall soonsee, he found no difficulty in what he was going to attempt.

"First and foremost," said he, "the tools!" and immediately he ranoff to look for a little wheel-barrow which his Grandpapa had madefor him; with the spade, the trowel, and the iron rake, which were athis disposal.