16 Make-Believe

have been made
to open Pandora’s
box, and the other
trifles lay about
them with a de-
lightful appearance
of simple precious-
ness.

“Where did you
find them?” asked
the Visitor, envi-
ously.

“J didn’t find
them. JI—but I will tell you my secret.”

“You can trust me so early?” asked
the Visitor.

She looked at him. “I can always tell
at once,” she said, proudly. ‘ Well, you
remember the picture you saw in the
Academy last year with all the gold in it?
There was a lot of it left over, and when
father had finished the picture he was so
tired that he said he never wanted to paint
again, and that I might take the rest of the