102 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

“ Let’s go down and see what’s the matter,”

said Comfort.

“ Well,” said Luey, “ so we will.”

Comfort got out of the wagon, and then she
helped Lucy get out. She led the horse to one
side of the road, and fastened him. Then she be-
gan carefully to descend the bank, helping Lucy
down, too. At length they got down to the shore,
opposite to where the boy was. He was on the
end of a little rocky island, or rather of a large
rock, which was out a few steps from the shore.
There were scattered rocks about it, and between
it and the shore.

‘What's the matter, my boy?” said Com
fort.

1 can’t get off the rocks,” said the boy.

The boy did not take any further notice of
Comfort and Lucy, than just to answer Comfort’s
question, but sat still, and continued to cry, just
as before.

“How did you get on the rocks?” said
Comfort.

“T don’t know,” said the boy; “I have forgot
the place.”

“ Why, that’s very strange,” said Comfort,
— “such a little boy as this, out on these rocks,
and saying he don’t know how he came there.”