and draws out a wicked lucifer match, saying with abominable
indifference, "Bah! what do we care? We're going to build a fire,
whatever you say. Come on, boys!"

V--UN PLAISIR DANGEREUX!

The boys "come on." Led by "LE PETIT VILAIN Charles" they light a
dangerous little fire in a dangerous little spot. Their faces
shine with unbridled glee. The G. L. M. retires to a distance with
a few saintly followers, meditating whether she shall run and tell
her mother. "LE PETIT Paul," an infant of three summers, draws
near the fire, attracted by the cheerful blaze.

VI--MALHEUR ET INEXPERIENCE

LE PETIT Paul somehow or other tumbles into the fire. Nothing but
a desire to influence posterity as an awful example could have
induced him to take this unnecessary step, but having walked in he
stays in, like an infant John Rogers. The bad boys are so horror-
stricken it does not occur to them to pull him out, and the G. L.
M. is weeping over the sin of the world.

VII--TROP TARD!!

The male parent of LE PETIT Paul is seen rushing down an adjacent
Alp. He leads a flock of frightened villagers who have seen the
smoke and heard the wails of their offspring. As the last shred of
LE PETIT Paul has vanished in said smoke, the observer notes that
the poor father is indeed "too late."