contrary he observed on his way _to_, and _from_ School,
and when he walked out with his Papa, everything that workmen did.

It was thus that he had often noticed how the Paviors first laid
down the stones, and then pressed them together, and as we shall soon
see, he found no difficulty in what he was going to attempt.

"First and foremost," said he, "the tools!" and immediately he ran
off to look for a little wheel-barrow which his Grandpapa had made
for him; with the spade, the trowel, and the iron rake, which were at
his disposal.

When the tools were collected, Francis, having taken off his jacket,
traced out the portion to be paved.

"Now," said he, "I must take away two or three inches of earth, that
the stones may fit in."

He then took away the earth, and piled it up on the upper side of
the path, in order to compel the water to pass by the drain.

"Now," he said, "I must find some sand; where is there any? Oh!
behind the hen-house; the masons, who plastered the walls of the yard
over again, have left a large heap of it there"--and then he quickly
ran with his wheelbarrow, once, twice, and even three times, and soon
had as much as was necessary. He spread it out, and arranged it, and
then pronounced the great word of all his work, "_Stones!_ No
stones, no pavement! I must have at least fifty of them!" He ran
about, searched and gathered, near the fountain, round the house, and
along the wall of the yard, and soon brought back four wheelbarrows