Yet I believe they have the same
thoughts as anybody else. That is to say, they suppose it is God's
business to look after them. Yes, they are like their parents: they
are carried away by what they are doing, which they do not believe
could be done otherwise. One can see with what coldness, or even
blows, they receive the advances of other little children, who wish to
play with them. Well, as for those others, they go off at once, and
play by themselves. One of them, whose hat has been taken by the rest,
is digging in the earth with a bent twig, sharpened at one end.
Possibly he is digging for a treasure, which will be of no value to
anybody but himself. When he is older, he will be sorry he is not a
child again."
At this point, Elijah being shod and ready, he ceased his reflections
and went call for Aaron at the post-office. As the rode home together,
the old schoolmaster, sunk in reverie, remained silent. But Aaron
wanted to talk, now that he had some one to talk to.
"We'll get around to the wood to-morrow, and lay in another cord or
two.
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