Tom scrawled on his slate, "Please take it--I got more." The girl glanced at the words, but made no sign.

Now the boy began to draw something on the slate, hiding his work with his left hand.

For a time the girl refused to notice; but her human curiosity presently began to manifest itself by hardly perceptible signs.

The boy worked on, apparently unconscious.

The girl made a sort of noncommittal attempt to see, but the boy did not betray that he was aware of it.