Besides, all their best fishermen are away in the privateers, and the lads have to go to fight Boney's battles with the Austrians or Russians, or Spanish or our chaps, or else to go on board their ships of war and spend all their time cooped up in harbor, for they scarce show now beyond the range of the guns in their forts.

Well, will you come this evening ?" "Yes, I think so, Joe.

My mother doesn't much care about my being out at night, you know; but as I have been away all this time to please her, I expect she will let me do what I like for the rest of the holidays." "Don't you come if your mother don't like it, Master Conway; there is never no good comes of boys vexing their mothers.

I have known misfortune to follow it over and over again.

Boys think as they know best what's good for them; but they don't, and sooner or later they are sure to own it to themselves." "I shouldn't do it if I knew she really didn't like it, Joe; but I don't think she does mind my going out with you at any time.