“Don’t you think you owe a good deal to your Maker? and ought you not to tell him so?”
“Yes, sir, I know I ought to; but I can’t.”
“You could ask me to speak to the captain, and get you a chance to go in the Casco.”
“O, sir, you, Mr. Rhines, and Uncle Isaac are so good, I don’t feel afraid to ask you anything.”
“God is better.”
“But he seems a great way off.”
“He would seem near if you would go to him, and try to get acquainted. Besides, he has spoken first, and asked you to come.”
“I’m afraid you will think I am a very rude boy.”
“You are like all boys, and all the rest of us, before we begin to think of better things. Now, Walter, there’s just one thing I want you to do.”
“What is that, sir?”