"You will find," she continued, composing herself with an effort,
" you will find at the bottom of your trunk a garment different from your
other linen, which might puzzle you to understand the use of. You are
going far from me, Jonathan, among strangers. If you are sick I shall
come to you — but then — many accidents may happen, you are so ventu-
rous, Jonathan, you may get thrown from a horse, or drowned "

" Oh, no, mother, that 's impossible : did n't I break Jem. Smith's colt
after he had killed the circus-rider, and nobody else would mount him ;

and can't I swim four times across the O , and that 's more than a

mile."

" Yes, I know, every one says that you are the best rider and swimmer
in the village, but you are also the boldest, and you run great risks. You
have promised me to be cautious for my sake, but accidents, as I have
said, may happen to any one, and I have thought proper to make you a —
a "

" Shroud, mother ! "



KALOOLAH.
