Cast away in the cold : an old man's story of a young man's adventures, as related by Captain John Hardy, mariner . 100 CAST AWAY IN THE COLD. CHAPTER X. Shows how Some Things may be done as well as Others, with GodsHelp and with much Perseverance. >HEN the children next went to the Mariners Rest, it was unanimous-ly agreed that they should go backagain to the Captains cabin,—there were so many things that theyhad not seen, and which they wishedto look at. Alice wanted to see thebirds, — the owl with the great, bigeyes, and the pelican that had nowings, at least only little stumpsthat were
Cast away in the cold : an old man's story of a young man's adventures, as related by Captain John Hardy, mariner . 100 CAST AWAY IN THE COLD. CHAPTER X. Shows how Some Things may be done as well as Others, with GodsHelp and with much Perseverance. >HEN the children next went to the Mariners Rest, it was unanimous-ly agreed that they should go backagain to the Captains cabin,—there were so many things that theyhad not seen, and which they wishedto look at. Alice wanted to see thebirds, — the owl with the great, bigeyes, and the pelican that had nowings, at least only little stumpsthat were hardly an apology forwings. Fred wanted to see the Chi-nese junks and the little ship, whileWilliam was bent on having theMoorish gun, the Turkish sword, theJapanese happy despatch, and allthe other weapons, offensive and de-fensive, taken down, that he mighthave a better view of them. Theold man, at all times very ready andwilling to gratify his Httle friends, was never more so thanwhen he found them so much interested in the contents of hiscabin ; for every little curiosity or treasure there had an asso-. CAST AWAY IN THE COLD, lOI ciation with some period of his eventful life, and he was neverhappier than when any one admired what he admired somuch, and thus gave him a chance to talk about it. Heyday! said he, when all the children had spoken andmade known their wishes, I m glad you take so kindly tothe old mans den ; you shall come down there and look at itwhenever you like, only you must nt toss the things abouttoo much. Run in now, and make yourselves at home. I 11be with you in a little while. So the children set off without another word, and werequickly diving among the old mans treasures, while the Cap-tain went back to his garden to finish the hoeing of his cab-bages. When the Captain had completed what he was about, herejoined the children ; and after a great deal of conversationwhich there is no need that we should here repeat, the partyat length sobered down as
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