“I don’t know what you mean, father.”
“Well, I will show you in a few minutes.”
When the band had played a little while longer, Mr. Lee assembled the children in the middle of the lawn, and asked them if they would like to march.
They were pleased with the idea, though some of them thought it would be rather tame amusement for such an exciting occasion.
“You want two leaders, and I think you had better choose them yourselves. It would be the most proper to select two boys.”
Mr. Lee thought the choice of the leaders would amuse them; so he proposed that they should vote for them.
“How shall we vote, father?” asked Frank.
“Three of the children must retire, and pick out four persons; and the two of these four who get the most votes shall be the leaders.”
Mr. Lee appointed two girls and one boy to be on this committee; but while he was doing so, Tommy Woggs said he did not think this was a good play.
“I don’t think they will choose the best leaders,” said Tommy.