Cast away in the cold : an old man's story of a young man's adventures, as related by Captain John Hardy, mariner . er evening air, from her dainty little finger-tips, a laughing kiss to the ancient mariner, whose face beam-ed kindly on her from the arbor door. 24 CAST AWAY IN THE COLD. CHAPTER IV. The Old Man, having related to the Little People how the YoungMan went to Sea, now proceeds to tell what the Young Man didthere. HE two days which the old manand his young friends had passedtogether had so completely brokendown all restraint between them, thatthe children almost felt as if they hadk
Cast away in the cold : an old man's story of a young man's adventures, as related by Captain John Hardy, mariner . er evening air, from her dainty little finger-tips, a laughing kiss to the ancient mariner, whose face beam-ed kindly on her from the arbor door. 24 CAST AWAY IN THE COLD. CHAPTER IV. The Old Man, having related to the Little People how the YoungMan went to Sea, now proceeds to tell what the Young Man didthere. HE two days which the old manand his young friends had passedtogether had so completely brokendown all restraint between them, thatthe children almost felt as if they hadknown the old man all their was therefore quite natural, that,when they went down next day, theyshould feel inclined to give him a sur-prise. So they concerted a plan ofsneaking quietly around the housethat they might come upon him sud-denly, for they saw him working inhis garden, hoeing up the weeds. Now let s astonish him, saidWilliam. Thats a jolly idea, said Fred,while Alice said nothing at all, butwas as pleased as she could be. The little party crawled noiselesslyalong the fence, through the open. CAST AWAY IN THE COLD. 2$ gate, and sprang upon the Captain with a yell, like a parcelof wild Indians ; and sure enough they did surprise him, forhe jumped behind his hoe, as if preparing to defend himselfagainst an attack of enemies. Heyday, my hearties! exclaimed the Captain, when hesaw who was there. Aint you ashamed of yourselves toscare the old man that way? and he joined the laugh thatthe children raised at his own expense, — enjoying it as muchas they did. Thats a trick of Williams, I 11 be bound, said he ; butno matter, I 11 forgive you ; and I m right glad you ve come,too, for its precious hot, and I m tired hoeing up the weeds;so now, let us oret out of the sun, into the crows nest. The crows nest! cried William. Whats that ? Why, the arbor, to be sure, said the Captain. Dontyou like the name ? Of course I do, answered William. Its such a cun-ning name. It wa
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