“Yes, sir; I was six months in a steamer, and over two years in sailing vessels,” answered Ole, readily.
“What steamer were you in?”
“I was in the Drammen steamer a while; and I have been three trips down to Copenhagen and Gottenburg, one to Lübeck, one to Stettin, and one to Stockholm.”
“Have you been in a steamer this season?”
“No, sir.”
“Then you were in a sailing vessel.”
Ole would not say that he had been in any vessel the present season.
“Where is your home now?” asked the principal, breaking the silence again.
“Haven’t any.”
“Have you a father and mother?”