wonder what visions they will some day see," went on Mrs.
Francis, dreamily, but there she stopped with a look of
horror frozen on her face, for at the mention of his eyes
Danny remembered his best trick and how well it had worked
on Camilla, and in a flash his eyes were drawn down and
his mouth stretched to its utmost limit.

"What ails the child?" Mrs. Francis cried in alarm.
"Camilla, come here."

Camilla came out of the pantry and gazed at Danny with
sparkling eyes, while Pearlie, on the verge of tears,
vainly tried to awaken in him some sense of the shame he
was bringing on her. Camilla hurried to the pantry again,
and brought another cookie. "I believe, Mrs. Francis,
that Danny is hungry," she said. "Children sometimes act
that way," she added, laughing.

"Really, how very interesting; I must see if Dr. Parker
mentions this strange phenomenon in his book."

"Please, ma'am, I think I had better take him home now,"
said Pearlie. She knew what Danny was, and was afraid
that greater disgrace might await her. But when she tried
to get him back into the blanket he lost every joint in
his body and slipped to the floor. This is what she had
feared--Danny had gone limber.

"I don't want to go home" he wailed dismally. "I want to
stay with her, and her; want to see the yalla burds, want