CHAPTER XVI.
BEN OUTWITTED, AND UNCLE ISAAC ASTONISHED.
Sally and Ben now began to make preparations for housekeeping. She had a little money, earned by her labor, and she persuaded Ben to go in a schooner that was bound to Salem, and make some purchases for her. No sooner was Ben out of sight, than Sally started for Uncle Isaac’s. She found him alone in the barn.
“Uncle Isaac,” said she, “will you do something for me?”
“Anything in reason, Sally.”
“Could you get me over to Elm Island, and not any soul know it?”
“I suppose I might.”
“Well, will you?”
“But what do you want to go there for?”
“I’ll tell you. I’m determined to live there, and be contented and happy, and make my husband happy; but I know it will be very different from anything that I have ever seen, or can imagine.”