This boy was quite in love with a sister of David's intended wife.

The staid member of the Society of Friends did not approve of the rude courting frolics of those times, which frequently occupied nearly the whole night.
The two boys slept in a garret, in what was called the gable end of the house.

There was a small window in their rough apartment.

One Sunday, when the Quaker and his wife were absent attending a meeting, the boys cut a long pole, and leaned it up against the side of the house, as high as the window, but so that it would not attract any attention.
They were as nimble as catamounts, and could run up and down the pole without the slightest difficulty.

They would go to bed at the usual early hour.