40 THE FISHERMAN’S BOY.

lost sight of the land entirely. Then he did
not know what to do.”

“Why, keep on straight,” said Lucy,
‘and he would come to the land by and
by.”

“He could not tell whether he was going
straight or not,” said Jonas; “he could not
see any thing but water all around him; so
he had nothing to judge by but the wind,
and he soon began to suspect the wind was
shifting. 'The lightning and thunder grad-
ually ceased, and so did the violence of the
wind and rain. In fact, the thunder shower
seemed to turn into a steady rain storm.
The fisherman beat about for an hour or
more, but could not find any signs of land.
And now he began to feel pretty seriously
alarmed about little Jock ; for he was very
wet and cold, and he feared that they must
stay out all night; and though he knew that
he could stand it, himself, very well, he was
afraid that Jock would perish from cold and
exposure.

“In the mean time, the winds and waves
increased, and the water began to dash over
the bows of the boat, and come aboard.
After a while so much had come in, that the