70 BRAGGADOCIO.

calico dress, and a little red cloak. It was a
grand day for Bessie and Tom,—that May-
day. Tom laughed at Pat’s mistake, saying,
“ The boat, I mean the boat, Mr. Malony.”

“ And shure she’s a jewel too, my honey,
and it’s not everybody’s son can do such
wonthers as -you can; darlint, ye ought to be a
ship-builder.”

The boat was lifted into the cart, and Pat
said :

“Come childers, in wid ye. Ye can ride in
the boat, and no danger of being capsized.”

“Stay a minute, till I shut up Sancho, and
get our dinner basket,” said Bessie. ‘ Poor
fellow!” she continued, “ you must take good
care of the house. There now, good bye,
dear,” and she locked Sancho into the kitchen.
- With the dinner basket on her arm, she
might have been taken for little Red-Riding-
Hood, going to see her grandmother.

Mixon waved his hat to them as they drove
off in the ox-cart. “Safe sailing to you by
land and by water,” said he, and then he
trudged on to his daily task with a thankful,
cheerful heart.