ked above the mole, and they saw the little bubbles that
were floating in the water, sailing round and round slowly, in a small
circle, between the upper side of the mole and the shore.

"When you get it built away out," said Madam Rachel, "there will be
quite a whirlpool; you might call it the Maelstrom. There, you see,
Caleb can have a little harbour up there on the shore, and one of you
can go out to the end of the mole, and put a little ship into the water,
and the eddy will carry it round to him. Then he can take out the cargo,
and put in a new one, and then set the ship in the water, and the
current will carry it back again, round on the other side of the
whirlpool."

The boys were very much delighted at this prospect, and they determined
to build out the mole very far, so as to have "a great sweep," as Dwight
called it, in the eddy. Caleb went out upon the part of the mole which
was finished, and put in a piece of wood, and watched it with great
delight as it slowly sailed round.

CHAPTER IV.

A DISCUSSION.

While Caleb stood upon the mole, he began to whip the water; and, in
doing so, he spattered David and Dwight a little.

Dwight said, "Take care, Caleb--don't spatter us;" and he went up to
him, and was going gently to take hold of his whip, to take it away.
"Let me have the whip," said he.

"No," said Caleb, holding it firmly, "I want it."

"Let go of it, Dwight," said Madam Rachel.

"Why, mother, he ought to let me have it, for I went and got it for him.
He would not have had it at all without me."

"You must not take it by violence," said his mother, "if you have ever
so good a right to it. But did you get it for him?"

"Yes, mother; and he told a lie about it."

"O, Dwight," said his mother, "you ought not to say so. I can't think
Caleb would tell a lie."

"He did, mother; he said he was sure he hung it up, when, after all, he
dropped it in the water; and we agreed to leave it to you if that was
not telling a lie."

"Did you know, Caleb, when you said you hung it up, that you had really
left it in the water?"

"No, grandmother," said Caleb, very earnestly; "I really thought I had
hung it up."

"Then it was not telling a _lie_, Dwight. A lie is told with an
intention to deceive. To make it a lie it is necessary that the person
who says a thing, must _know distinctly_ at the time that he says it,
that it is not true; and he must say it with the particular intention to
deceive. N