128 Two WAYS TO GO TO SEA:

“ Behind a log of wood, in the yard, he
found a small parcel, which he had put

there the day before, containing a large

piece of bread and some cheese. He took
this and stole away.

“The streets of the town were silent and —

solitary ; and the moonlight made them look
almost gloomy. Still he pressed on, anxious
to get away from the town as far as he could
before they should miss him in the morning.
He passed by the school-house, rejoicing to

think that he should have no more studying

to do there.

“In the morning, they observed that he
did not come to breakfast ; and they thought
he had got up early, and gone off a-fishing,
or on some such expedition, and they did
not think much of it. By and by, however,
his mother went up to make his bed, and
she found his common clothes were there in
the room; and looking into the drawer, she
found his best suit was gone. Still she
thought he must have only gone away on
some pleasure party, with the boys, and that
he would be home by noon. But he did
not come ; and then, beginning to be uneasy
about him, they sent around to the neigh-