Part 8 (2/2)
”Billy never butts at me, mamma,” said Caroline
”No, my dear, because you do not tease hi ani of him to do so, especially as he is told by his father and ood boy when I learnt ,” replied Toood,” replied his ood,” said Tommy; ”I want my dinner”
”It is dinner-time, Tommy, that is certain, but you must wait until they all co, with a bag on his shoulder,” replied Torave was sitting, and laid down the bag ”I've brought you so cocoa-nuts, and so down”
”Oh! cocoa-nuts - I like cocoa-nuts!” cried Tommy
”I told you, Tommy, that we should have soht You are very war his face; ”it is rather ork, for there is no breeze in the grove to cool one Is there anything you want froo there directly after dinner?”
”What for?”
”I et the tio, until the path is finished I must have William to help me”
”William will like the trip, I do not doubt I do not recollect anything in particular that ant, Ready,” replied Mrs Seagrave ”There he corave has laid down his spade; so Caroline, dear, take care of Albert, while I get the dinner for therave, and the dinner was spread out on the ground, for they had not brought the chairs and tables with theht that they could do without them till the house was built William reported that Juno and he would have the turtle-pond coround to plant the half-sack of potatoes that they had saved, so that in a day or two they would be able to put all their strength upon the cutting and drawing of the timber
After dinner, William and Ready set off in the boat, and, before it was dark, returned with the wheels and axle of the carriage, and several other articles to make up their load
Chapter XXVII
”Now, William,” said Ready, ”if you are not very sleepy, perhaps you would like to coht, and see if we cannot turn so away fast, and they will leave the island very soon”
As soon as the sun had disappeared, William and Ready went down to the beach, and sat quietly on a rock In a short ti on the sand, and, desiring Willia, walked softly down by the water's edge, so as to get between the animal and the sea
As soon as the turtle perceived the hold of one of its fore-flippers, turned it over on its back
”You see, William, that is the way to turn a turtle: take care that he does not catch you with his mouth, for, if he did, he would bite the piece out Now the aniain, and we shall find hi the beach, and see if we cannot find soht, and turned sixteen turtle
”I think that will do, Williaht's work of it, for we have provided food for many days Tomorroe must put thee animals?”
”We need not carry the by that means; we can easily do that on the smooth sand”
”Why don't we catch soht put the, Williaet the some lines ready, and yet the time has never come, for I feel sleepy after our day's work; but as soon as the house is built, ill have them, and you shall be fisherht, will they not?”
”Oh yes, and better than they do in the daytiet me a line and show me hoill fish for an hour or so after the work is done; I know ood for Caroline”
”Well, then, I will get a bit of candle to-o with you, William We don't use o to bed: but there are two or three boxes of one sort or another up in the cove”
The nextthe turtle into the pond After breakfast, William and Juno finished the pond where the walls had not been raised high enough; and, when they returned to dinner, reported that their task was coht, cleared quite ground enough for the present; and as Mrs Seagrave wanted Juno to help her to wash the linen that afternoon, it was agreed that Williaarden, and put in the potatoes
Ready worked with the spade, while Mr Seagrave and William cut the potatoes in pieces, so as to have an eye in each piece When they had finished this work, Mr Seagrave said - ”Now that we have finished cutting the potatoes, let us go and assist Ready in planting theht doith us”
Chapter XXVIII
That night Ready sat up for two or three hours working by candle-light (Willia up the fishi+ng-lines with leads and hooks At last tere complete
”What bait must we use, Ready?”
”I should think that the best would be one of the fish out of the shells which are in the sand; but a piece of pork fat will, I dare say, do as well”
”And whereabouts would you fish, Ready?”
”The best place, I should think, would be at the fartherh the reef - the water is deep there close to the rocks”
”I was thinking, Ready, if those gannets and ”