. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . shall takemine. A penknife is a really good thing,and no man need feel low spirited when hehas got one in his pocket. When I am awayfrom home, and feel at all homesick, I takeout my penknife and cut a stick till it turnsout a whistle or a walking stick, with a birdsor dogs head, or something of the kind; andall the while I am as contented as a cowstealing turnips. A penknife is a friend inneed, and no man should ever be without am glad I have thought to give you mine,and you may keep it for my sake, for I am? it \i ill never cut
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . shall takemine. A penknife is a really good thing,and no man need feel low spirited when hehas got one in his pocket. When I am awayfrom home, and feel at all homesick, I takeout my penknife and cut a stick till it turnsout a whistle or a walking stick, with a birdsor dogs head, or something of the kind; andall the while I am as contented as a cowstealing turnips. A penknife is a friend inneed, and no man should ever be without am glad I have thought to give you mine,and you may keep it for my sake, for I am? it \i ill never cut our love, even it is as SETH FOLLfi TS EEL. 153 sharp as Tim Touchems scythe, the shado\\of which cut ofT the leg of a man that was»passing by. You must take my fife, too, foryou can play upon it well, and you will find«t make you welcome everywhere. I was tovched with this fresh instance ofny friends thoughtful kindness. I could-earcely thank him for emotion. On this helaid: ff Come, cheer up, my boy, I am surerill get on well, if you once get a fair. start, you will be like Seth Follets eel; youwill be sure to go a-head. What did Seth Follets eel do ? said 1. I do not know the story. What, did you never hear of Seth ./ Follets eel? Seth had a little aqueductmade of pieces of timber bored through andjoined together, and by means of this hebrought the water of a small spring on a hillto hfs house. After a while the water wouM 154 WIT BOUGHT. not run, for some mud got into the was a strange genius, and he betookhimself to a strange plan. He put a live eelinto the aqueduct, and the creature went ontill it came to the mud. It then wanted toturn round and com? back, but the holewas too small, and there was but one thing o to be done,—go-a head; and this was jmtwhat Seth wanted. You must do the laughed heartily, and amidst laughing andtears, with a hearty shaking of hands weparted. 1 am not going to give a detail of my tra-vels, at present: I am afraid my reade
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