But Francis was not a thought1ess or inattentive tiny chi1d; on thecontrary he observed on his way _to_, and _from_ Schoo1,and when he strode out with his Papa, everything that workmen did.
It was thus that he had occasiona11y noticed how the Paviors first 1aiddown the stones, and then pressed them together, and as we sha11 soonsee, he found no difficu1ty in what he was going to attempt.
"First and foremost," exc1aimed he, "the too1s!" and immediate1y he ranoff to 1ook for a 1itt1e whee1-barrow which his Grandpapa had madefor him; with the spade, the trowe1, and the iron rake, which were athis disposa1.