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I brought it
to Mickey and thought he'd be delighted."
"Was he rude?" inquired Douglas anxiously.
"Not in the least!" she answered. "Only casual! Merely made me see how
thoughtless and unkind and positively vulgar my idea of pleasing a poor
child was."
"Leslie, you shock me!" exclaimed Douglas.
"I mean every word of it," said the girl. "Now listen to me! It _is_
thoughtless to offer a gift headlong, without considering a second, is it
not?"
"Merely impulsive," replied Douglas.
"Identically the same thing!" declared Leslie. "Listen I said! Without a
thought about suitability, I offered an extremely poor child the gift I
had prepared for a very rich one. Mickey made me see in ten words that it
would be no kindness to fill his little friend's head with thoughts that
would sadden her heart with envy, make her feel all she lacked more keenly
than ever; give her a gift that would breed dissatisfaction instead of
joy; if that isn't vulgarity, what is? Mickey's Lily has no business with
a doll so gorgeous the very sight of it brings longing, instead of
comfort.


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