"What's her name?" asked the tall boy.
"The Uncle George!" shouted back Edwin.
"Any insurance on her?" inquired a boy waving his hat.
"What do you mean by insurance?" asked Edwin.
"Go and look in your dictionary," said the boy with his hat off.
Then the tall boy repeated these lines:—
"A land-breeze shook her shrouds, and she was overset;
Down went 'The Royal George' with all her crew complete."
PERILS OF THE SEA.