. St. Nicholas [serial] . it s a shame to use pegs with knots andcracks in them, for people to hold on to. People need nt hold on to them, if they dontwant to, replied the carpenter. Let me seethat peg. You can look at it in my hands, said Carl. I dont intend to give it to you. Look at that oldcrack under the knot! And people do have tohold on to it, or else tie something to it. Whatelse was it put there for ? Pshaw! said Franz. You are making a i88i.) THE STORY OF A PEG. 391 great bother about a little thing. Any peg mightbreak with a great, heavy boy, like you, hangingto it. Not if it was as
. St. Nicholas [serial] . it s a shame to use pegs with knots andcracks in them, for people to hold on to. People need nt hold on to them, if they dontwant to, replied the carpenter. Let me seethat peg. You can look at it in my hands, said Carl. I dont intend to give it to you. Look at that oldcrack under the knot! And people do have tohold on to it, or else tie something to it. Whatelse was it put there for ? Pshaw! said Franz. You are making a i88i.) THE STORY OF A PEG. 391 great bother about a little thing. Any peg mightbreak with a great, heavy boy, like you, hangingto it. Not if it was as thick as this and had no knotsin it, said Carl, walking away, quite as angry ashe came, for he saw that the carpenter cared noth- to see what was the matter, and these all followedthe poor mother; so that when they reached thebank of the pool, there was quite a little crowd col-lected. A new search was immediately begun, butit was soon very evident that Carl was not in thestream. There was a great deal of confusion, and. CARL HEACHES FOR THE CAP. ing at all for his mishap, nor for his own reputationin the matter of pegs. When Lotta and Peter reached home they foundno Carl, and when they told their mother what hadhappened, she was greatly frightened. Withoutwaiting to put anything on her head, and followedby several neighbors who had been attracted byher cries, she ran to the dam. On the way, quite anumber of people ran out of their houses and shops advice, of every imaginable kind, was given by theby-standers to the men who were making thesearch. Some even thought that the pond, abovethe dam, ought to be dragged, as if the boy couldpossibly have been in that. While all this was going on, and Lotta and Peterwere crying, and some of the older men and womenwere trying to comfort the poor, distressed mother,who was certain that she had lost her boy, Carl 392 THE STORY OF A PEG. [March, came walking down among them, with the brokenpeg still in his hand. He had been home, and find-i
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