S—— (feeling the toothpick-case, smelling it, and looking closely at it.) "It is black, and smooth, and strong and light. What is, let me see, both strong and light, and it will bend—parchment."
Mr. ——. "That is a good guess; but you are not quite right yet. What is parchment? I think by your look that you don't know."
S——. "Is it not paper pasted together?"
Mr. ——. "No; I thought you mistook pasteboard for parchment."
S——. "Is parchment skin?"
Mr. ——. "Of what?"
S——. "Animals."
Mr. ——. "What animal?"
S——. "I don't know."
Mr. ——. "Parchment is the skin of sheep."