THE QUESTION. A5

derstand the sea phrases, because you know,
Lucy, we may go to sea some day our-
selves.”

“ T never shall, if I can help it,” said
Lucy.

“ J mean to,” said Rollo; “I should like ~
to go to sea very much.”

“Perhaps you will,” said Lucy; ‘and it
may be very well for a boy to learn about
sea phrases; but I don’t think it will be of
any use to a girl.”

In fact, Rollo and Lucy got quite intoa
discussion about the desirableness or unde-
sirableness of going to sea, and understand-
ing sea customs and phrases ; and before they
got to the top of the hill, they determined
to refer the questions to Rollo’s father. As
it happened, they had an opportunity to do
this pretty soon; for when they arrived
near the summit of the hill, they saw that
the carryall was waiting for them. Rollo’s
father had turned a little out of the road, so
as to allow the wagon to come up alongside,
as the fisherman would have said. When
they came up, he called to Jonas, and pointed
forward, and asked him if he saw a spire of
a church away off there several miles.