Part 37 (2/2)

”Oh, that's right, is it, Master Vince? That's what you thinks,” said the old fisherman

”But you'll lend it to us, won't you?”

”Nay, inning to rasp his nose, according to custoer ”He says why? Mebbe you'd lose her”

”No, ouldn't, Joe”

”Mebbe you'd run her on the rocks”

”Nonsense!--just as if we don't knohere the rocks are Know 'eo chuckled

”Oh, coreeable We'll take plenty of care of it, and pay you what you like”

”Your fathers tell you to coht not Nay, my lads, I won't lend youto have your two fathers co to ask me why I sent you both to the bottorily ”Just as if we could come to harm on a day like this”

”Ah! you don't know, lad; I do Never can tell when a squall's coreeable,” said Vince ”Will you take us out?”

”Nay, not to-day”

”Oh, very well Never et it Did think you'd have done that, Joe Coet soa down, he picked up the boulder and began to knock again at the wooden peg without taking any notice of his visitors

”Come on, Vince,” said Mike; and they walked back up the cliff, cli slowly, but as soon as they were out of the old ain a clump of rocks, which they placed between thean to climb carefully till they had reached a spot fro channel leading froo's natural dock

They could see the oldto hang upon the great peg he had finished driving in; and, after disappearing for a fewthe so up--but what, at that distance, they could not make out

At the end of a few minutes the old man went down to his boat, stayed with it another fiveabout hio, Cinder,” said Mike, in a disappointed tone; ”we shan't get off to-day, and perhaps it's best We oughtn't to take his boat”

”Why not? It's only like borrowing anything of a neighbour He was sour to-day, or else he'd have lent it”

”But suppose he finds out?”

”Well, then he'll only laugh You'll see: he'll be off directly”