hen we set up the other tent."

Having by this plan succeeded in lashing the spar high enough, and
throwing the sail over the spar, Ready and Mr Seagrave spread it out,
and found that it made a very good-sized tent.

"Now, sir, I'll return on board; in the meantime, if you can cut pegs
from the brush-wood to fasten the sail down to the ground, and then with
the shovel cover the bottom of it with sand to keep it down, it will be
close enough when it is all finished."

"I shall do very well," replied Mr Seagrave; "Juno can help me to pull
the canvas out tight when I am ready."

"Yes; and in the meantime, Juno, take a shovel, and level the inside of
the tent nice and smooth, and throw out all those old cocoa-nut leaves,
and look if you see any vermin lurking among them. Master Tommy, you
must not run away; and you must not touch the axes, they will cut you if
you do. It may be as well to say, Mr Seagrave, that should anything
happen, and you require my assistance, you had better fire off the gun,
and I will come on shore to you immediately."

CHAPTER TEN.

When Ready returned on board, he first went down into the cabin to
acquaint Mrs Seagrave and William with what they had done. Mrs
Seagrave naturally felt anxious about her husband being on shore alone,
and Ready informed her that they had agreed that if anything should
occur Mr Seagrave would fire the musket. He then went down into the
sail-room to get some canvas, a new topgallant sail which was there, and
a palm and needles with twine. Scarcely had he got them out, and at the
foot of the ladder, when the report of the musket was heard, and Mrs
Seagrave rushed out of the cabin in the greatest alarm; Ready seized
another musket, jumped into the boat, and pulled on shore as fast as he
could. On his arrival, quite out of breath, for as he pulled on shore
he had his back towards it, and could see nothing, he found Mr Seagrave
and Juno busy with the tent, and Tommy sitting on the ground crying very
lustily. It appeared that, while Mr Seagrave and Juno were employed,
Tommy had crept away to where the musket was placed up on end against a
cocoa-nut tree, and, after pulling it about some little while, had
touched the trigger. The musket went off; and, as the muzzle was
pointed upwards, the charge had brought down two large cocoa-nuts. Mr
Seagrave, who was aware what an alarm this would produce on board the
vessel, had been scolding him soundly, and now Master