JACK’S WAY. 121

“Hallo, boys! there is a brig coming in.’

‘The boys stopped their play, and looked :
there was a brig coming in, under full sail,
around a point of land which formed the
entrance to the harbor.

“It is the Almira,’ said Jack, standing
up upon a stone, so as to see better. He
was rather a little fellow, short for his age ;
and he wore wide trousers, and no jacket,
and a broad straw hat, so that he looked like
a little sailor.

“It is the Almira,’ said he, ‘ Capt.
Barnes’s brig. I mean to go aboard of her
this afternoon.’

“¢ Will they let you go aboard?’ said
John.

“* Yes,’ Jack replied. ‘Ben Halyard sails
in her, and he’ll let me go aboard. He
always does.’

‘¢ Let me go with you,’ said John.

“¢ Well,’ said Jack.

“John thought his father would let him
go, for there was no school that afternoon ;
and so, after he went into school, he studied
very diligently, until school was dismissed.
You see he had found out that, some how
or other, he always had a better time in his

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