“Some of the Sights Willte saw. “113

 

falling asleep in the middle of his fancy, it would
thicken around him into a dream of.delight.

Once there was to be an eclipse of the moon
about two o’clock in the morning.

“It’s a pity it’s so late, or rather so early,” said
Mr Macmichael, “You, Willie, won’t. be able to
see it.”

“Oh, yes, I shall, father,” answered Willie.

_“T can’t let you sit up so late. I shall be in the
middle of Sedgy Moor most likely when it begins
—and who is to wake you? I won't have your
mother disturbed, and Tibby’s not much to depend
upon. She’s too hard-worked to wake when she
likes, poor old thing,”

“Oh, I can be woke without anybody to do it!”
said Willie.

“You don’t mean you can depend on your water-
wheel to wake you at the right time, do you ?”

“Yes, I do, father. If you will tell me exactly
when the eclipse is going to begin, I will set my
wakener so that it shall wake me a quarter-of-an-
hour before, that I may be sure of seeing the very.
first of it.”

“Well, it wz be worth something to you, if it
can do that!” said Mr Macmichael.

“It’s been worth a great deal to me, already,”
said Willie. “It would have shown me an eclipse
before now, only there hasn’t been one since [ set
it going.”