To complete the sum of John’s attractions, his voice was naturally modulated to express every shade of feeling; as Uncle Isaac said, “it came from the right place, and went to the right place.”
CHAPTER XX.
PETER CLASH AND THE WOLF-TRAP.
Captain Rhines was called to Boston on account of some business with Mr. Welch, and John was kept from school to take care of matters at home.
One pleasant morning, his mother having given him the day, he had made up his mind to go gunning and fishing, taking his dinner with him, Sam Hadlock having agreed to do what was necessary in his absence.
As he was about to set out, Fred Williams came along, with his dinner-pail in his hand, on his way to school.
“Where are you going, John?”
“Frost-fishing and gunning.”
“I’ll go with you; ’tis too pleasant to go to school.”
“I wouldn’t play truant, Fred.”