they arrived on board, Mr Seagrave went down to cheer his
wife with the account of what they had seen. While he was down below,
Ready had cast off the lashings of the two spars which had formed the
sheers, and dragging them forward, had launched them over the gunnel,
with lines fast to them, ready for towing on shore. In a few minutes
Juno and Tommy made their appearance on deck; Ready put some tools into
the boat, and a couple of shovels, which he brought up when he went for
the dogs, and once more they landed at the sandy cove. Tommy stared
about him a great deal, but did not speak, until he saw the shells lying
on the beach, when he screamed with delight, and began to pick them up
as fast as he could; the dogs barked and galloped about, overjoyed at
being once more on shore; and Juno smiled as she looked around her,
saying to Ready, "What a nice place!"

"Now, Mr Seagrave, I'll remain on shore with you a little. First,
we'll load the musket in case of need, and then you can put it out of
the way of Tommy, who fingers everything, I observe. We will take up
the sail between us. Juno, you can carry the tools; and then we can
come back again for the spars, and the rope, and the other things.
Come, Tommy, you can carry a shovel at all events, and that will make
you of some use."

Having taken all these things to the little knoll which Ready had
pointed out before, they returned for the spars; and in two trips they
had carried everything there, Tommy with the second shovel on his
shoulder, and very proud to be employed.

"Here are two trees which will answer our purpose pretty well," said
Ready, "as they are far enough apart: we must lash the spars up to them,
and then throw the sail over, and bring it down to the ground at both
ends; that will be a beginning, at all events; and I will bring some
more canvas on shore, to set up the other tent between these other
trees, and also to shut up the two ends of both of them; then we shall
have a shelter for Madam, and Juno, and the younger children, and
another for William, Tommy, and ourselves. Now, sir, I'll just help you
to lash the spars, and then I'll leave you to finish while I go on board
again."

"But how can we reach so high, Ready?"

"Why, sir, we can manage that by first lashing a spar as high as we can
conveniently reach, and then standing on that while we lash the other in
its proper place. I shall bring another spar on shore, that we may do
the same w