"Poetry."
"Like Uncle Ben's?"
"No; it is on Blackbeard."
James thought that a very interesting subject, and prepared to listen to his poet brother.
Little Ben unfolded the paper and began to read his lines, which were indeed heroic.
"Come, all you jolly sailors,
You all so stout and brave!"
"Good!" said James. "That starts off fine."
Ben continued:
"Come, hearken and I'll tell you
What happened on the wave."
"Better yet—I like that. Why, Uncle Ben could not excel that. What next?"