Then there's times I've thought
myself with a family of children an' planned how they should learn
mor'n ever I did." He mused, then banishing the seriousness of his
tone by an embarrassed laugh added, "I've waked up afterward to think
how much less it cost just to imagine 'em."
The heart that would not have been won by the naivete of the speaker
would have been stony indeed!
Howard Snelling flashed a tribute of honest admiration into the gentle
old face.
"Dreams are cheap things," rambled on the little inventor. "Sometimes
I figger the Lord gave 'em to those who didn't have much else, so'st to
make 'em think they are kings. If you can dream there ain't a thing in
all the world ain't yours."
The conversation had furnished Snelling with the opportunity to study
more minutely the object on the table, and he now said with a motion of
his hand toward it:
"Wouldn't it be rather nice if you had some netting of coarser mesh and
which wouldn't corrode?"
"Oh, this screenin' ain't what I'd choose," returned Willie, "but 'twas
all I had.
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