[PREFATORY NOTICE.]
[CHAPTER I.]Caleb's Discovery[5]
[CHAPTER II.]Trouble[30]
[CHAPTER III.]Building the Mole[43]
[CHAPTER IV.]A Discussion[54]
[CHAPTER V.]The Story of Blind Samuel[61]
[CHAPTER VI.]Engineering[68]
[CHAPTER VII.]The Sofa[74]
[CHAPTER VIII.]The Cart Ride[90]
[CHAPTER IX.]The Fire[101]
[CHAPTER X.]The Captive[123]
[CHAPTER XI.]Mary Anna[129]
[CHAPTER XII.]The Walk[148]
[CHAPTER XIII.]The Junk[166]
[POETRY.] [189]

CALEB IN THE COUNTRY

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CHAPTER I.

CALEB'S DISCOVERY.

Caleb was a bright-looking, blue-eyed boy, with auburn hair and happy countenance. And yet he was rather pale and slender. He had been sick. His father and mother lived in Boston, but now he was spending the summer at Sandy River country, with his grandmother. His father thought that if he could run about a few months in the open air, and play among the rocks and under the trees, he would grow more strong and healthy, and that his cheeks would not look so pale.

His grandmother made him a blue jacket with bright buttons. She liked metal buttons, because they would wear longer than covered ones, but he liked them because they were more beautiful. “Besides,” said he, “I can see my face in them, grandmother.”