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144 LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. they see you? I hope they will some day be as fond of me. It must be nice to have everybody like you.” And he felt quite proud to be the grandson of so greatly admired and beloved an individual. When the cottages were being built, the lad and his grandfather used to ride over to Earl’s Court together to look at them, and Fauntleroy was full of interest. He would dismount from his pony and go and make acquaintance with the workmen, asking them questions about building -and bricklaying, and telling them things about America. After two or three such conversations, he was able to enlighten the Earl on the subject of brickmaking, as they rode home. ‘“T always like to know about things like those,” he said, " because you never know what you are coming to.” : cake Br When he left them, the tae = Ca workmen used to talk him over fy a \ among themselves, and laugh at mst his odd, innocent speeches; but THE WORKMEN LIKED TO SEE HIM STAND AMONG they liked him, and liked to see THEM, TALKING AWAY, WITH HIS HANDS . him stand among them, talking IN HIS POCKETS. away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness. "He s a rare un,” they used to say. "An a noice little outspoken chap, too. Not much o’ th’ bad stock in him.” And they would go home and tell their wives about him, and the women
