‘160 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

that he was boring a hole into it. She thought,
however, that he certainly could not bore in but a
very little way.

There was a little boy sitting upon the other
end of the log. Lucy could not imagine what he
was doing. She thought that he was too small a
boy to help make a pump; and yet he seemed
to’ be doing something very busily. As the
wagon drew nearer, Lucy observed that he was
playing horse. He had mounted upon the farther
end of the log, and had tied a string round the
end for a bridle, and was playing that the log
was his horse. He had a stick in his hand,
and was whipping his horse severely, to make
him go.

When the wagon had advanced nearly opposite
to the house, Lucy said, —

“ Mother, let us stop a moment, and see the
man make his pump.”

“Well,” replied her mother, “Robert may
stop 2 moment, if he pleases.”

So Robert stopped his horse opposite to the
end of the log, where the man was at work boring
the hole.

“You’ve got almost through, John, haven't
you?” said he.

“Yes,” said the young man, “ I’ve only got to
go about a foot farther.”

Lucy looked at John, surprised that Robert
should address him so familiarly ; but she observed
that, though he was nearly full grown, and looked
like a man, yet he appeared in his countenance