144 TWO WAYS TO GO TO SEA:

stopped at the tavern, John inquired where _
Mr. Naylor’s blacksmith’s shop was, as his —
father had directed him to do. He was told ‘
he must walk down through the village, and
then turn to the right, down the bank of the —
stream, and he would see it. o.
“So John walked along through the vil-—
lage, admiring the great factory buildings, —
with their long rows of windows, and little ©
cupolas upon the top. At length, he reached —
the place where he was to turn off. The
stream, which here widened into a pond, was .
upon one side, and a wood upon the other.
Just before him, on the margin of the stream,
was a large stone building, which looked”
something like a blacksmith’s shop, though
it was the largest and handsomest one that
John had ever seen. John found, on in vi
quiry, that Mr. Naylor was in his house,”
across the road. He looked over there, and
saw a pleasant, one-storied house among the
trees, and he went over to it. Mr. Naylor we ;
glad to see him, asked him about his jour-
ney, read the letter which John had brought
from his father, gave John some supper, and
showed him his bed. It was in the corner
of a little unfinished room over the kitchen,