"I say! let's play 'damaged stock.' See, I'll tumble all the things down here right on top o' the others, and sell 'em for less than cost." The girl looked up.

The suggestion was bold, bad, and momentarily attractive.

But she only said "No," apparently from habit, picked up her doll, and the boy clambered to the front of the wagon.

The incomplete episode terminated at once with that perfect forgetfulness, indifference, and irresponsibility common to all young animals.

If either could have flown away or bounded off finally at that moment, they would have done so with no more concern for preliminary detail than a bird or squirrel.