36 THE FISHERMAN’S BOY.

“It is a gust of wind, that comes up sud-
denly, and blows very hard.”

‘‘ What made the sailor think there was
going to be a squall?” asked Rollo.

“QO, he saw some clouds over the land in
the west, and thought a thunder gust was
coming up. The fisherman looked that
way, and thought so too. But there was
now quite a pretty little breeze springing up,
which blew towards the land, and so they
made all sail for the shore.”

“Tf the wind was blowing towards the
shore,” said Rollo, “it would blow the
clouds all away from them.”

‘One would think so,” said Jonas; ‘ but
squalls and thunder-clouds very often come
up against the wind.

‘They moved along very slowly, and by
the time they had gone on a mile, there was
a broad, black cloud, rising in the west. ‘The
sun went behind it, and it began to look as
if night was pretty near. Still they went
on, for the breeze was fair, as it blew directly
in towards shore, though the cloud kept
rising higher, and coming out more and
more over the water. Jock eyed the cloud
for some time, and at last he saw a faint