“Holler fire.”
“Fire! fire! fire!” screamed Yelf.
As their neighbors rowed up, they could not help laughing to see two men up to their waists in water, and one of them crying fire.
“I thought,” said the old man, “I’d holler what I could holler the loudest.”
CHAPTER XVII.
THEY MARRY, AND GO ON TO THE ISLAND.
The wedding was at the widow Hadlock’s; but Captain Rhines made the infare, as ’twas called,—which was an entertainment given the day after the wedding at the house of the bridegroom. To this were invited all who had aided in building the house, including the girls who prepared the victuals; and a merry time they had of it.
It was very hard for Sally and her mother to part. Since the death of her father, and while the other children were small, Sally had been her mother’s great dependence; and, as they came to the edge of the water, the widow lifted up her voice and wept.
Sally, with her eyes full, strove to comfort her mother.
“Well, I ought not to feel so, I know; but it sort o’ brings up everything, and tears open all the old wounds. May God bless you! you’ve been a good child to me in all my trials, and, I doubt not, you’ll make a good wife. There’s a blessing promised in the Scriptures to those who are dutiful to their parents. Keep the Lord’s day, Sally, as you’ve been taught to do, and seek the one thing needful.”