. Floor games . if we hunted for them. Once,with this game fresh in ourminds, we went to see thedocks, which struck us as justour old harbor game magnified. I say, Daddy, said oneof us in a quiet corner, wist-fully, as one who speaks know-ingly against the probabilitiesof the case, and yet with afaint, thin hope, couldntwe play just for a little withthese sacks . . until some-body comes? Of course the setting-out ofthe city is half the game. Thenyou devise incidents. As I THE BUILDING OF CITIES 77 wanted to photograph the par-ticular set-out for the purposeof illustrating this account, Itook a
. Floor games . if we hunted for them. Once,with this game fresh in ourminds, we went to see thedocks, which struck us as justour old harbor game magnified. I say, Daddy, said oneof us in a quiet corner, wist-fully, as one who speaks know-ingly against the probabilitiesof the case, and yet with afaint, thin hope, couldntwe play just for a little withthese sacks . . until some-body comes? Of course the setting-out ofthe city is half the game. Thenyou devise incidents. As I THE BUILDING OF CITIES 77 wanted to photograph the par-ticular set-out for the purposeof illustrating this account, Itook a larger share in thearrangement than I usually do-It was necessary to get every-thing into the picture, to ensurea light background that wouldthrow up some of the trees,prevent too much overlapping,and things like that. Whenthe photographing was over,matters became more left the schoolroom, and whenI returned I found that thegroup of riflemen which hadbeen converging on the public- *^>.
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