would be in proportion to it?"

Mr. Robinson would not answer her. He only laughed and said that
he thought she and Miss Laura were both "cranks."

CHAPTER XI GOLDFISH AND CANARIES

THE Morris boys were all different. Jack was bright and clever,
Ned was a wag, Willie was a book-worm, and Carl was a born
trader.

He was always exchanging toys and books with his schoolmates,
and they never got the better of him in a bargain. He said that
when he grew up he was going to be a merchant, and he had
already begun to carry on a trade in canaries and goldfish. He was
very fond of what he called "his yellow pets," yet he never kept a
pair of birds or a goldfish, if he had a good offer for them.

He slept alone in a large, sunny room at the top of the house. By
his own request, it was barely furnished, and there he raised his
canaries and kept his goldfish.

He was not fond of having visitors coming to his room, because,
he said, they frightened the canaries. After Mrs. Morris made his
bed in the morning, the door was closed, and no one was supposed
to go in till he came from school. Once Billy and I followed him
upstairs without his knowing it, but as soon as he saw us he sent us
down in a great hurry.

One day Bella walked into his room to inspect the canaries. She