"So your cousin Felix is coming again, is he?"
"I suppose so," replied Johnny briefly, as if it was not a very pleasant
topic.
"What a funny boy he is!" said Belle. "I never saw him but once, and
only for a few minutes; but he seemed to be ready for any kind of
mischief."
"Yes," replied Johnny: "he's as fond of noise and mischief as oxygen is
of carbon and hydrogen; but I guess he won't stay very long."
This latter reflection seemed to console Johnny, for he began to look
tolerably cheerful again.
"Shall we go and make hydrogen gas now?" said he.