EYES AND NO EYES. 7 



"Well, Robert, whither have you been walking this 

 afternoon?" asked Mr. Andrews, as the lad entered 

 his room at the close of a holiday. 



"I have been, sir, to Brown Heath," replied Rob- 

 ert, "and around by the windmill on Camp Mount, 

 and home through the meadows by the river." 



"Well, that is a pleasant round," said Mr. Andrews. 



"I thought it very dull, sir," said Robert. "I 

 scarcely met with a single person. I had rather by 

 half have gone by the turnpike road." 



"Why yes, if seeing men and horses were your ob- 

 ject, you would indeed have been entertained on the 

 high-road. But did you see William?" 



"We set out together," answered Robert, "but he 

 lagged behind in the lane ; so I walked on and left 

 him." 



"That was a pity," Mr. Andrews said. "He 

 would have been company for you." 



" O, he is so tedious, always stopping to look at 

 this thing and that," said Robert, impatiently. "I had 

 rather walk alone. I dare say he has not yet got 

 home." 



"Here he comes! Well, William, where have you 

 been?" asked Mr. Andrews of the boy who had lagged 

 behind. 



"O sir, the pleasantest walk!" answered William. 



"I went all over the Brown Heath, and so on up 

 to the mill at the top of the hill, .and then down among 

 the meadows by the side of the river." 



"Why, that is just the round Robert has been tak- 

 ing," exclaimed Mr. Andrews, "and he complains of 

 its dullness-, and prefers the high-road." 



