This was not at all like Rollo, to be so unreasonable and angry. But Henry's roughness had irritated and vexed him, and that, in connection with his own determination to keep the charge of his cabinet, had got him into a very wrong state of mind. Lucy did not know what to do. She walked slowly along to the door, and after standing there a moment, while Rollo was at work upon the cabinet, she said, "O, here comes Jonas, now." James and Henry ran to the door, and, as they saw Jonas walking up the lane, they ran towards him, followed by Lucy, and they all began eagerly to tell him about the society, and about his having been chosen cabinet keeper. Lucy came up to them before they had finished their account; and as they had all turned round when they met Jonas, they came walking along together towards the house. James and Henry talked very fast and eagerly. They told Jonas about the society, and about their having chosen Mary president, and Lucy secretary, and him cabinet keeper. When they had finished their account, Lucy added, in a desponding tone, "Only Rollo says _he_ means to be cabinet keeper." "Does he?" said Jonas. "Yes," replied Henry. "He says you made the cabinet for him, and he _will_ have it." "O, well," said Jonas, "let him be cabinet keeper; he will make a very good cabinet keeper." "No," said James, "we want you to be cabinet keeper. We chose you." They saw Rollo at the door of the barn, looking at them, but not very good-naturedly. When they came up, Lucy said, "Come, Rollo, let Jonas be cabinet keeper; that's a good boy." "No," said Rollo, "it's _my_ cabinet, and I mean to keep it myself." "Then we won't help you get the curiosities," said Henry. "I don't care," said Rollo. "And we won't have any society," added James,--thinking that that threat would compel Rollo to give up. But Rollo only said, "I don't care; I don't want any society. I can make a museum myself." There is no doubt, but that many of the readers of this book will wonder that Rollo should have acted in this manner. And yet they themselves act in just such a way when they allow themselves to get out of temper. It is very dangerous to allow ourselves to become vexed and angry. We then do and say the most unreasonable things, without being aware, ourselves, of their unreasonableness and folly. Rollo himself did not know how his conduct appeared to the other children, and how it sunk him in their good opinion. Rollo would have had a miserable time in attempting to make a collection of curiosities alone. He would very soon have got tired of it, and have abandoned the plan altogether. It happened, however, that some circumstances occurred to prevent the consequences that his ill humor and obstinacy came so near occasioning.