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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Summer Holidays + A Story for Children + +Author: Amerel + +Release Date: April 22, 2005 [EBook #15684] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS *** + + + + +Produced by Internet Archive; University of Florida, PM Childrens +Library, Joanna Pease and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. + + + + + + +</pre> + + <h4>THE</h4> + + <h1>SUMMER HOLIDAYS:</h1> + + <h2>A STORY FOR CHILDREN.</h2><br /> + <br /> + + + <h3>BY AMEREL.</h3> + + <p> </p> + + <p> </p> + + <p> </p> + + <p> </p> + + <h4>NEW-YORK:<br /> + D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY<br /> + 1851.</h4> + + <p> </p> + + <p> </p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img width="400" + src="images/cover.jpg" + alt="book cover" /> + </div> + + <p> </p> + + <p> </p> + + <p class="center">Entered according to Act of Congress, in the + year 1850, by</p> + + <h4>D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,</h4> + + <p class="center">in the Clerk's Office of the District Court + for the Southern District of New York.</p> + + <p> </p> + + <p> </p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <a href="images/011.jpg"><img width="300" + src="images/011sm.jpg" + alt="DADDY HALL'S DONKEY" /></a><br /> + DADDY HALL'S DONKEY + </div> + + <div class="trans-note"> + Transcriber's Note: The captioned illustrations are + thumbnails; click on them to view larger images. + </div> + + <h2><a name="CONTENTS" + id="CONTENTS"></a>CONTENTS</h2> + + <div class="toc"> + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_I">CHAPTER I.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">Uncle Harvey's Parlor</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_II">CHAPTER II.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">The Evening Walk</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_III">CHAPTER III.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">A Visit to Daddy Hall</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_IV">CHAPTER IV.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">The Walk through the Woods</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_V">CHAPTER V</a></p> + + <p class="i4">What Uncle Harvey said about Rain</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_VI">CHAPTER VI.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">How Thomas killed a Hawk</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_VII">CHAPTER VII.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">About Bats</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_VIII">CHAPTER VIII.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">The Walk to the Creek</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_IX">CHAPTER IX.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">The Hard Battle</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_X">CHAPTER X.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">About Corn and the uses of Animals</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_XI">CHAPTER XI.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">Alice Gray</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_XII">CHAPTER XII.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">Locusts</p> + + <p><a href="#CHAPTER_XIII">CHAPTER XIII.</a></p> + + <p class="i4">The Return Home</p> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="THE_SUMMER_HOLIDAYS" + id="THE_SUMMER_HOLIDAYS"></a>THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.</h2> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_I" + id="CHAPTER_I"></a>CHAPTER I.</h2> + + <h3>UNCLE HARVEY'S PARLOR.</h3> + + <p>Mr. Harvey's two sons, Thomas and John, were very anxious + for their cousin, Samuel Reed, to spend the August holidays + with them. His father said that he might; and when school was + closed for the season, Samuel bade his father good bye, and was + soon in the carriage, driving toward Uncle Harvey's country + seat.</p> + + <p>The boys had not seen each other since New Year's day. It + was a happy meeting when Samuel jumped out of the carriage, by + the gate leading from the main road up to Mr. Harvey's house; + for there his uncle, and two cousins, were waiting for him. + Thomas and John, each grasped a hand, while their father led + the way to the house. "We were afraid you were not coming," + said John. "How tall you have grown since Christmas," exclaimed + Thomas. "Were you not tired of being in the hot city such + weather as this?" Samuel said that he was; and then they all + entered the house, while the driver brought in Samuel's + baggage.</p> + + <p>It was about five o'clock in the afternoon when Samuel + reached his uncle's house. He was taken into a small parlor, + which opened upon a garden where many flowers were in bloom. It + was a warm day, but this room was cool and fragrant; and on the + table were several plates of fruit, and some cakes, which his + uncle caused to be placed there, so that he might eat some as + soon as he arrived, While Samuel was eating some of them John + said:</p> + + <p>"We are so glad you have come, Samuel. Last winter you could + see nothing but snow."</p> + + <p>"What became of the snow-man we made last winter?" asked + Samuel.</p> + + <p>"It froze very hard for more than a week after you left," + replied Thomas; "but John and I broke its head a great deal, + with snow balls, and afterwards a warm rain fell, and washed it + away."</p> + + <p>"Is it warm in the city now?" asked John.</p> + + <p>"Yes," answered his cousin. "In the middle of the day the + pavements seem to be about on fire, and people are afraid to + walk far, lest they may be sunstruck. Yesterday two men died + with the heat. There seems to be no air stirring from morning + till night. Besides, there is much sickness in town, and many + persons have left their houses, and gone into the country.</p> + + <p>"Father," said Thomas, "how miserable we should be if we had + no water to drink this weather, like those poor Arabs that you + told us of the other day."</p> + + <p>"Yes," answered Mr. Harvey, "the sun must be burning hot in + Arabia now."</p> + + <p>"How can they live in such a place?" asked John.</p> + + <p>"They are not all so miserable as the party I told you of + the other day," replied his father. "Besides, you know it is + their country, and God has taught them to love it. If an Arab + were brought here, he would, probably, think it a most dreary + land, except in summer."</p> + + <p>"But what do you do in town, Samuel," asked John, "when it + is too warm to go out?"</p> + + <p>"It is very hot only in the middle of the day," replied his + cousin, "and then, you know, we are at school. In the + afternoons, I sometimes rode out with father, or went on the + steamboat. Last week a balloon went up, from the other side of + the river. We had a fine view of it from the roof of our house. + Two men were in it, and when they had risen so high that the + balloon appeared quite small, they threw out a little machine, + called a parachute. It looked something like an umbrella, and + had a dog to it. The balloon sailed a great distance through + the air, and came down safely."</p> + + <p>It was now six o'clock, and Mr. Harvey told the boys that + they might go to supper, which he had ordered to be ready + earlier than usual.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/024.jpg" + width="400" + alt="bridge" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_II" + id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II.</h2> + + <h3>THE EVENING WALK.</h3> + + <p>After supper, Samuel and his cousins took a walk in the + meadow, toward the mill pond. The air was now cool and + pleasant, and as the boys moved through the narrow path, among + the low grass, thousands of grasshoppers, and other insects, + filled the air with their cheerful hum. Thomas, with his + companions, passed round the mill, and then climbed a fence + which led through a field of corn. The corn was not very high, + so that they had to be careful not to tread upon it. When they + reached the other side, Samuel saw that the fence was covered + with raspberry vines, from one end to the other. He asked what + they did with so many. "All that father wishes to use, or to + eat," replied Thomas, "he gathers out of the garden; but these + he leaves for two or three poor families, who live not far off, + and who take them to town to sell. It helps them to pay their + rent."</p> + + <p>"And does he give away blackberries, too?" asked Samuel.</p> + + <p>"Yes, and many other kinds of fruit," replied his cousin. + "He has such large fields and orchards, that he can afford to + give away great quantities of apples, peaches, currants, grain, + and vegetables."</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <a href="images/029.jpg"><img width="300" + src="images/029sm.jpg" + alt="THE OLD SOLDIER'S HOUSE" /></a><br /> + THE OLD SOLDIER'S HOUSE + </div> + + <p>The boys roamed about the fields, talking in this manner, + until after sunset, when Thomas said it was time to return. + They crossed into a bye path, and walked toward the house + through a field in which wheat had been growing. Among the + short straw, left by the reapers, Samuel saw many birds' nests, + and deep holes that had been dug by rabbits, field mice, and + other small animals. In a short time they passed a very old + house, whose sides appeared as if they would fall every moment. + The roof was covered with moss and grass, and the boards had + crumbled and separated from each other; a number of bats and + swallows were flying about it, and Thomas said that dozens of + these little animals, beside rats and mice, lived inside. + Samuel asked him if any body lived there. "No," said his + cousin; "but father remembers very well when an old soldier, + that the farmers called Jack, did live in this house. His leg + had been shot off in battles with the Indians. After it healed + he moved to this place, and lived on the vegetables he could + raise in a little garden, besides what people gave him. Every + night he came out and sat on the log by the door, playing on an + old fiddle. Then the school children would collect around him, + and give him pennies, or fruit, and such things. Sometimes he + told them stories; for he had travelled in many lands, and knew + a great deal about them. In the summer nights, father says, he + often heard poor old Jack singing the songs that he had learned + when he was a boy; and sometimes he could be seen hobbling down + this lane, on his crutches, or sitting by the water catching + some fish for his supper. One day he was missed, and folks + thought he was sick; but they waited till the next morning, and + then a great crowd collected round the house, and called him. + No one answered; so some one lifted the latch and went in. Old + Jack was not there, and the people began to get frightened. + They hunted for him all that day, and many days afterward; but + he was never found. Some think that he was drowned; others that + he went away with strangers, and a few are foolish enough to + believe, that he is still living, and will one day come back. + Since that time, no one has ever lived in his house, and in a + few years it will tumble down with old age."</p> + + <p>While Thomas had been giving this account of Poor Jack, the + Soldier, John was very busy moving round the old house, and + peeping through the cracks in the boards. At last he motioned + Thomas and Samuel, to come to him, and then whispered:</p> + + <p>"Stoop down—don't make a bit of noise—and peep + through this crack. You'll see the biggest owl that ever you + did see, in all your life." Both of them looked through. It was + very dark, but Samuel saw two great eyes, like balls of fire, + and in a little while he could perceive the body of an owl, + which, as John had said, was the largest he had ever seen.</p> + + <p>"Let us go in and catch him," said John. But Thomas + answered, that as it was now dark the owl could easily fly + away; and besides, as they did not wish to kill it, it could be + of no use to them, if they should catch it. "It might do for + cousin to look at," replied John; but he did not insist upon + entering the house. As they were going away, Samuel asked his + cousin if he did not think owls were ugly.</p> + + <p>"No, indeed," answered John. "I would rather see an owl any + time than these little birds that can do nothing but sing. See + how soft his feathers are—all barred and spotted with + black and brown, which is more handsome than to be all over red + or yellow. I know he can't sing; but he's got nice, long ears, + and that no other bird has. And how nice and round his head is. + Then he sits on a tree, and looks wise, as father says. The + Canary, and the mocking bird, are good enough to keep in cages, + but of all birds, give me an owl."</p> + + <p>Thomas and Samuel laughed at this notion, but John + continued:</p> + + <p>"Thomas, did not some people, who lived a long while ago, + call the owl the 'bird of wisdom?'"</p> + + <p>"Yes," replied Thomas. "I have heard father say that it was + the Athenians."</p> + + <p>"That shows how wise they were," said John. "I seems to me + as though that owl, which we saw, was keeping house for poor + old soldier Jack."</p> + + <p>"Do hush about owls," said his brother, laughing; and they + ran together through the gate, and into the yard.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/037.jpg" + width="300" + alt="owl" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_III" + id="CHAPTER_III"></a>CHAPTER III.</h2> + + <h3>A VISIT TO DADDY HALL.</h3> + + <p>Next morning, Mr. Harvey told his sons that they might go to + see an old man, who lived in a small house, about two miles + off, and who was so sickly that he could not work. This old + man's name was Hall, and the boys of the school called him + Daddy Hall. He had once been rich; but sickness and misfortune + had reduced him to poverty, so that he now lived with his + little son, in a small hut, near a hill. Every week he sent + fruit and vegetables to market, in a cart, drawn by a donkey, + which some of the neighbors had given to him. Every week Mr. + Harvey sent either a servant, or one of the boys, to see how he + was getting along, and to carry him something nice.</p> + + <p>The two boys, with their cousin, were soon off, carrying + with them a basket full of things for the old man. They went by + the road across the meadows, and through a small gate in the + hedge. Samuel observed, that the hawthorn of the hedge grew + very thick and close, so that a bird could scarcely get through + it. The roots and branches were twisted into each other, + appearing like strong, thick chains woven together; and on the + vines grew sharp thorns, longer than a needle. Mr. Harvey's + boys told their cousin, that neither man nor beast could get + through such a hedge; and that if a man were placed on the top, + he could walk on the vines without sinking down, they were so + strong and close. "It would be uneasy travelling, though," + added John; "for his feet would be torn to pieces by these + spiky thorns."</p> + + <p>They now left the hedge, and went on through two wide + fields, until they reached some hills that stood by themselves, + and were steep and bare. Three of them had deep pits dug in + them, while piles of rock, stones, and sand, were lying around. + Samuel asked his cousins what place it was.</p> + + <p>"It is an iron mine," said Thomas; but it is not worked any + more, because there is not enough of iron found to pay for the + trouble. All these stones lying about here are pieces of ore; + but the quantity of iron in them is so small that it will not + pay for the expense of taking it out from the ore."</p> + + <p>"How is iron taken from the ore?" asked Samuel. Thomas + replied:</p> + + <p>"The ore is first crushed into coarse dust, and then washed. + Afterwards this dust is melted in a hot furnace, and the iron + is separated from the melted stone, or dross, in a manner which + is very troublesome, and which father can explain to you better + than I can. Sometimes the ore is almost all iron; John and I + have some pieces in our cabinets, in which you cannot see any + stone."</p> + + <p>"But did men go down this deep well?" asked Samuel.</p> + + <p>"Yes; they were lowered down in buckets. And the water was + pumped out by a machine. The water was so cold, even in the + middle of summer, that one could scarcely hold his hand in + it."</p> + + <p>The boys began to throw stones down one of the wells, so + that they might guess by hearing them strike the bottom, how + deep it was. The first stones were too small to be heard; then + they threw larger ones, and listened, but could hear no sound. + At last, John took up a piece of rock as big as his head, and + rolled it into the well. It fell with a hollow, rumbling noise, + and all was then still. The boys thought it had reached the + bottom; but all at once they heard it splash into water. Then + the boys knew that the well was very deep, for the stone had + been falling several seconds. They then hunted among the piles + of ore for some handsome pieces to give to Samuel; after which, + they picked up their basket, and hurried on toward Daddy + Hall's.</p> + + <p>On reaching his house, they found the old man sitting at the + door, while his son, a good boy, was preparing to take the + donkey to market, with a cart load of turnips, radishes, peas, + beans, and cabbage. Daddy Hall was pale and thin; but he arose + to meet the boys, and seemed very glad to see Samuel. Although + he was sick almost every day, and sometimes suffered great + pain, yet no one ever heard him complain. He loved children, + and was very fond of talking to them; and before he grew so + weak and feeble, many of the farmers sent their little ones to + him, to learn to read. After they had been seated a little + while, John asked him if he did not get tired of staying in the + house.</p> + + <p>"Sometimes," said the old man, "I wish I could go out, as I + once could, and work for myself; but I do not feel tired. + Besides, this is the best condition I can be placed in; and if + you ask me why, I will tell you. God, my children, has placed + me in it; and he knows what is best for each of us. He has + given me many comforts, kind friends, plenty to eat and drink, + and a son, who is one of the best of boys. There is nothing, + John, more cheering to the heart of an old man than the + kindness of a dutiful son; and let me ask each of you, to + listen to the advice of one who owns such a blessing, and + always to show honor and respect to your parents."</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/047.jpg" + width="400" + alt="parents and son" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_IV" + id="CHAPTER_IV"></a>CHAPTER IV.</h2> + + <h3>THE WALK THROUGH THE WOODS.</h3> + + <p>The boys left their basket with Daddy Hall, and set out on + their return to the house. "Let us go through the woods," said + Thomas, and they all walked toward a thick wood which stood not + far from the hill, near which Daddy Hall's house was built. + They were glad to reach its cool shade; for the sun was now + getting warm. Samuel saw a number of birds among the branches, + that he did not know the names of; and many bright little + flowers were growing in the shade, among the roots of oak and + beech trees. A little distance in the wood, they reach a small + rock, near which some large stones were lying, as if they had + been thrown together. Thomas stopped, and said, "Samuel, this + is the place where we killed a big snake last spring. You can + see his hole under this rock. John and I tried hard to move + these loose stones, but we could not. I dare say there are + snake nests underneath."</p> + + <p>"Perhaps we three can move one of them," replied his cousin. + They all caught hold, and at last pulled the stone from its + place. There was nothing underneath, but some old nut shells; + but John said he was sure they would find snakes if they could + but move the other stones. After much pulling, they raised + another one; and under it was a large land tortoise, with + several little ones, no larger than a walnut. After examining + these, they observed a hole running under another stone, into + the ground. Samuel also found two or three snake skins, which + his cousins told him the snakes threw off every spring, after + which, a new and larger skin grew on them. They pulled hard at + this third stone, but could not move it; but while they were + going away, Thomas said that they could bring an iron bar some + day, and easily root it up.</p> + + <p>In the middle of the wood was a fine spring of water, which + gushed from a rock, and then spread out into a little pool, so + clear and quiet, that the smallest stones could be seen at the + bottom. Samuel tasted the water, and found it cold and + refreshing. He asked his cousin how so much water could come + out of the rock.</p> + + <p>"It does not come from the rock," replied Thomas; "but only + runs through it. Father says, that spring water often comes + from the hills and mountains, running under the ground through + cracks and holes in the rocks, until it finds some outlet. I + suppose this water runs down from the tops of the hills near + the iron mine."</p> + + <p>"But this is not rain water," said his cousin. "It neither + tastes nor looks like it."</p> + + <p>"It has become changed while passing under the ground," + replied Thomas. "After a heavy shower the water soaks into the + earth until it reaches the sand, or rock underneath, then it + runs through every little crack down the hill, and under the + ground to some place like this where it can escape. The sand + and gravel, which it meets with, make it pure and the lime and + other substances of the rocks, alter its taste."</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/053.jpg" + width="300" + alt="children playing" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_V" + id="CHAPTER_V"></a>CHAPTER V</h2> + + <h3>WHAT UNCLE HARVEY SAID ABOUT RAIN.</h3> + + <p>When the boys reached the house, Mr. Harvey was in his + study. Samuel was anxious to ask him some questions about + springs, but he would not go up stairs to disturb him. But + after dinner his uncle came into the parlor where the boys + were, and then Samuel asked him where all the water comes from + that flows in the rivers and other streams.</p> + + <p>"From the ocean," answered Mr. Harvey. "I suppose you have + seen water boiling, Samuel."</p> + + <p>"Yes, sir."</p> + + <p>"And have you seen the steam rise up from the water into the + air?" Samuel said that he had. His uncle continued + continued:</p> + + <p>"Whenever water is heated, it is turned into steam, or + vapor, as it is sometimes called. If there is enough of heat to + make water boil, the vapor passes off very fast, until the + water is gone. Now the sun is continually changing the water of + rivers, ponds, lakes, and of the ocean, into vapor. This vapor + rises. The air about a mile above the earth, is much colder + than it is on the earth; so when the hot vapor from the ocean + meets the cold air, it again becomes water, and forms clouds. I + see you are ready with a question, John."</p> + + <p>"Yes, sir," said John. "I cannot see, father, how the clouds + can float in the air if they are nothing but water. Why do they + not pour down?" His father answered:</p> + + <p>"I expected this would be your question. The clouds, my son, + are water, but not in a close mass, like that in a bucket or in + the mill pond. You have seen soap bubbles, and know that a + great many of them may be joined together without breaking. It + is supposed by learned men, that clouds are nothing but many + thousands of bubbles, which, being lighter than air, would, you + know, float on it."</p> + + <p>"But, father," said John, "what makes it rain?"</p> + + <p>"That is not certainly known," replied Mr. Harvey; "but, no + doubt, lightning has much to do with it. I will show you, this + evening, several pictures about clouds and springs of water, + which will help you to understand what I have said."</p> + + <p>"Uncle," said Samuel, "there is one more question which I + would like to ask."</p> + + <p>"Ask it, my boy," replied Mr. Harvey.</p> + + <p>"I have read, sir, that the water of the ocean is salt; why, + then, is not rain water salt, too?"</p> + + <p>"Because," said Mr. Harvey, "salt cannot be changed to + vapor, and it is too heavy to be raised, in any quantity, in + the air with the water. Yet, I suppose, that a little salt is + always mixed with the bubbles that form clouds."</p> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_VI" + id="CHAPTER_VI"></a>CHAPTER VI.</h2> + + <h3>HOW THOMAS KILLED A HAWK.</h3> + + <p>This afternoon was very hot, and the boys spent it in their + room, arranging their books and pictures, and in reading. At + five o'clock, while Thomas was standing by the window, he + suddenly exclaimed: "There's a hawk!" Both the boys ran to the + window, and saw a large hawk, sailing slowly toward the + barn.</p> + + <p>"He is the one that steals our chickens," said John. "And + see, he's flying straight for the barn. Thomas, run and ask + father for the gun."</p> + + <p>Mr. Harvey kept two guns in his house; but he used them only + for shooting hawks, when they were flying about to steal the + poultry. John and Thomas had learned to use them, and sometimes + spent an afternoon in firing at a mark. But they never did so + without their father's consent.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <a href="images/063.jpg"><img width="300" + src="images/063sm.jpg" + alt="THE HAWK" /></a><br /> + THE HAWK + </div> + + <p>Thomas soon joined the other boys, having the gun in his + hand; and after Mr. Harvey had bidden them to be careful, they + followed in the direction the hawk was flying. They kept close + by the fence, so that it could not see them. In a short time it + was over the barn yard, and sailing round and round, in order + to make a sweep downwards. "Hurry, Thomas," said John; and + Thomas ran stooping along some bushes, followed by John and + Samuel, on their hands and feet. The hawk was now quite low, + and the boys could hear the hens screaming and running about. + At last Thomas reached the barn fence, and his brother told him + to fire. But he could not take aim, because the hawk was partly + hidden by the corner of the barn. "I am afraid he'll get that + little chicken," said Samuel. "See if you can take aim now," + whispered John. The hawk now made a sweep at one of the + chickens; but it ran under the barn, and the hawk flew up a + little higher. Just then, Thomas fired. The hawk came down head + foremost, and Thomas threw away his gun, and sprang over the + wall. John and Samuel jumped after him, shouting as loud as + they could. In a few moments the hawk was dead. It was the + largest one that either of them had ever seen. When they + reached the house, Mr. Harvey was waiting for them; and on + seeing so large a hawk, promised to have it stuffed for them. + The gun was then hung up in its place.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/064.jpg" + width="300" + alt="hawk" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_VII" + id="CHAPTER_VII"></a>CHAPTER VII.</h2> + + <h3>ABOUT BATS.</h3> + + <p>This evening, while the boys were reading and talking to Mr. + Harvey, several bats flew in at the window. John caught one of + them in his hat, and placed it on the table for his cousin to + examine. Samuel asked his uncle if it would not fly away.</p> + + <p>"No," said Mr. Harvey, "it cannot raise itself from the + ground. What we call its wings, are, you see, nothing but two + thin skins, or membranes, stretched from its hind legs to its + fore ones, and fastened to its sides. When flying, it spreads + out its toes, so as to unfold these membranes, and thus + balances itself in the air."</p> + + <p>"Do not some people think that the bat is a bird?" asked + Samuel.</p> + + <p>"Yes. But probably they never examined a bat closely. You + see that it looks nothing at all like a bird."</p> + + <p>"Father," said John, "where did those great bats come from, + which you have in your cabinet?"</p> + + <p>"From the island of Java," said Mr. Harvey. "They are called + Java bats. I have seen some with bodies as large as hens, and + wings like umbrellas. Hundreds of these animals fly about the + gardens and orchards of that island, every night, destroying + great quantities of fruit. The people there, spread nets over + the trees, to protect the fruit, and shoot the bats with guns, + as you did the hawk."</p> + + <p>"I have read, in a book of travels," said Samuel, "that + while persons are asleep, these bats, or some other large kind, + suck their blood. Is that true, sir?"</p> + + <p>"No," said Mr. Harvey. "Such tales were long believed, even + by writers on natural history; and I have some where a picture + of a monstrous bat sucking the blood from a man's veins. But + all this is now known to be fabulous. No kind of bat will + attack an animal as large as itself, nor enter a house when + there is an abundance of fruit and insects in the field."</p> + + <p>"Shall we let this bat go now?" said John. Mr. Harvey said + yes; and then John lifted it on a large sheet of paper, and + threw it into the air. In a moment it spread out its thin + wings, and after flying about the room two or three times, + passed out of the window. Mr. Harvey told them, that although + the bat was so feeble when on the ground, yet its strength of + wing was greater than that of any bird.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/070.jpg" + width="400" + alt="bat" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_VIII" + id="CHAPTER_VIII"></a>CHAPTER VIII.</h2> + + <h3>THE WALK TO THE CREEK.</h3> + + <p>The next day there was a heavy thunder shower, in the + morning, which compelled the boys to stay in the house; and in + the afternoon the teacher of the academy paid Mr. Harvey a + visit. During the time that he staid, Thomas, with his brother + and cousin, were told to remain in the house. But the next day + was cool and pleasant, and they started early on a ramble + through the fields. As they passed close to a farm house, + Samuel saw a large dog chained to a tree, in the yard. It + looked very fierce at them as they passed, and then began to + growl and bark. Thomas told his cousin, that this dog had + bitten several persons in the neighborhood, and that some of + the school boys had tried to poison it; but that the farmer was + careful always to keep it chained, so that no body might get a + chance to catch it in the road.</p> + + <p>About half a mile further onward was a fine stream of water. + It began in the hills, and ran winding along, deeper and + broader, to a great distance. Mr. Harvey owned several farms + along this creek; and here Thomas and John often came, in + summer evenings, to swim. The water was clear and pure, so that + hundreds of fish could be seen sporting around the shores.</p> + + <p>When the boys reached this creek, they sat down under a + shady tree, to watch the fishes, and listen to the songs of the + birds, on the bushes that hung over the water. In a short time, + a number of eels came from under a large stone, one after the + other, and after swimming about for a little while, buried + themselves in the mud. Samuel asked Thomas where so many came + from.</p> + + <p>"They live in the water," replied his cousin. "On a pleasant + evening you can see many more swimming among the stones, and + the roots of trees, by the edge of the creek. But, do you know, + that they sometimes come out of the water, and glide about the + meadows."</p> + + <p>"No," said Samuel; "do they?"</p> + + <p>"Yes," replied Thomas. "At night you may sometimes see a + great many among the grass. One evening last summer John and I + met a whole company of them, going from the little creek, near + Daddy Hall's house, toward the mill pond. We thought, at first, + that they were snakes, and so moved out of their road; but by + and by, we perceived that they were eels. The weather had been + hot and dry for two weeks before, and these eels were + travelling to find more water. So father told us + afterwards."</p> + + <p>The boys now walked on, down the creek, until they came to a + small bridge. On this a boy, about as large as Samuel, was + standing, throwing stones into the water. When Thomas, and the + other two, got near enough, they saw he was stoning frogs. + Every time one of these little animals put its head above the + water, the boy pelted it with a stone; and two or three had + been mashed to death, as they sat on the broad stones, near the + water's edge.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <a href="images/077.jpg"><img width="300" + src="images/077sm.jpg" + alt="STONING FROGS" /></a><br /> + STONING FROGS + </div> + + <p>Now, all good boys and girls, who read this book, will say + that this was a cruel boy—and so he was. As soon as John + saw what he was about, he called to him to stop. The boy said + he would not, and stoned harder than before. Then John began to + grow angry. You remember, children, I told you, that though + John was a noble hearted fellow, yet he was quick of temper; + and when he saw boys doing wrong, he was apt to get angry very + soon, if they did not stop when they were told. So, seeing that + the boy still threw stones, he called to him again, louder than + before.</p> + + <p>"What shall I stop for?" said the boy.</p> + + <p>"Because," said John, as he stepped on the bridge, "you have + no business to stone frogs. What hurt do they do you?"</p> + + <p>"A good deal," said the boy; and he threw another stone.</p> + + <p>"I tell you to stop," replied John; "this is father's field, + and they are his frogs, too; and you have no right here, if you + can't behave yourself."</p> + + <p>The boy now threw off his cap, as if to fight, and said: "I + don't care for you or your father either; I'll stone as long as + I please, and no one shall hinder me," and as he spoke, he + shook his fist in John's face. John was now very angry.</p> + + <p>"If you touch me," he said, "I'll throw you, head foremost, + over the bridge. I tell you to quit stoning frogs, and you + shall quit."</p> + + <p>Thomas and Samuel now came forward; for they were afraid + that there would be some fighting. John and the boy stood + looking at each other for a little while; but at last, the boy + seeing that John was not afraid of him, picked up his hat and + walked off, muttering that he did not care for any body. "He + had better go," said John. When his brother began to grow calm, + Thomas told him that he ought not to get so angry, for he could + have driven off the boy just as well, by speaking quietly to + him. "I have seen him once or twice before," added Thomas, "and + I hear that he is a very bad boy."</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/082.jpg" + width="400" + alt="frogs" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_IX" + id="CHAPTER_IX"></a>CHAPTER IX.</h2> + + <h3>THE HARD BATTLE.</h3> + + <p>In coming home by some cherry trees that stood near the + fence, Samuel saw a little animal, larger than a bat, fly + swiftly from one branch to another. He asked his cousins if it + was not a flying squirrel. Thomas answered, "Yes. Several nests + of them are in these trees. If you could examine one of these + squirrels closely, you would see that its wings, as they are + called, are not like bird's wings."</p> + + <p>"They seem more like a bat's wings," said Samuel.</p> + + <p>"So they are," replied his cousin; "only thin skins, + stretched along the sides from the fore legs to the hind ones. + But these squirrels cannot fly far, nor stay long in the air, + as bats can. They merely dart swiftly from one branch to + another."</p> + + <p>"What other kinds of squirrels are there?" asked Samuel.</p> + + <p>"The grey squirrel," said Thomas, "much larger than this + one. It is not often found about here. Then the ground + squirrel, that lives in the ground, instead of on the trees. + The common squirrel, such as you see running about the fences + and woods; and two or three other kinds. Some people eat + squirrels; but I have never tasted one."</p> + + <p>The boys now heard some one screaming, and stopped to + listen. "It comes from that field," said John; "let us run and + see what is the matter." They did so, and soon saw that the big + dog they had passed in going to the creek, had got out, and was + chasing a boy. This boy was screaming with fear; and John + perceived that he was the boy who had been stoning frogs. But + the boys ran with all their might to help him, picking up such + stones and sticks as lay on the ground, in their way. When they + reached the boy, he was pale with fear, for the dog was close + to him. Samuel also felt a little afraid; but he joined his two + cousins in trying to beat the dog back. The fierce animal got + John's stick in his mouth, and wrenched it out of his hand; but + he kicked it in the jaws, and so kept it off with his feet, + while Thomas and Samuel struck it over the head with all their + might. As to the boy, he ran as hard as he could, until he was + out of sight. Thomas's stick now broke, but Samuel ran his down + the dog's throat, and John ran to bring a great pole which was + lying a little distance off. With this they kept the dog from + biting them, until some men came running down a lane, and over + into the field. They had seen the dog run out of the farmer's + yard, and were anxious to kill it. So they threw a rope round + its neck, and dragged it away. They said it should be shot. The + boys were very warm, and could scarcely get their breath. They + walked, therefore, to a tree which stood in the field, and sat + down to get cool, and rest themselves. Thomas said he would be + glad if the dog were killed, for such an animal was not fit to + keep. "If we had each had a good stout club," replied his + brother, "he would never have run after any of us again."</p> + + <p>They looked for the boy, but he could not be seen; and after + resting themselves, they walked home. When Mr. Harvey heard of + their battle with the dog, he said that it was a great blessing + they had not been bitten; for that in summer the bite of a dog + often caused madness, followed by certain death.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/089.jpg" + width="400" + alt="dogs" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_X" + id="CHAPTER_X"></a>CHAPTER X.</h2> + + <h3>ABOUT CORN AND THE USES OF ANIMALS.</h3> + + <p>When Samuel had been at his uncle's about two weeks. Mr. + Harvey told him one morning, that he might go with his cousins + to a field where early corn was growing and pull some to cook, + if it was ripe. They had a merry time among the high corn. As + they came back to the house, carrying their basket of ears, + Samuel asked his cousins, why corn was sometimes called Indian + corn.</p> + + <p>"It is because it formed the chief food of the Indians, + before white men came to this country," replied Thomas. "Father + says its proper name is maize. It was first found in this + country; and there are some parts of America where it is used + altogether instead of wheat or rye. Did you ever taste cakes + made from it?"</p> + + <p>"Yes," said Samuel; "they were sweeter than wheat bread; but + I would not like to eat them every day."</p> + + <p>"Nor I either," said John; "but I like Indian meal with + sugar, eggs, and milk in it, and then baked brown in the oven. + Don't you, Samuel?"</p> + + <p>"I never tasted it that way. But I think corn is best boiled + on the ear, and eaten with meat and vegetables."</p> + + <p>Mr. Harvey's library, as I have already told you, was very + large. He spent much time in the room where it was, either + reading or writing. In the afternoon, after the boys had + gathered the corn, he called them into this room, and showed + them some beautiful pictures of animals and countries. While + looking at them, Samuel asked him if he thought every animal + had been made for some useful purpose.</p> + + <p>"Yes, my boy," answered his uncle; "we have reason to + believe that even things which appear to be entirely useless, + such as gravel stones, or weeds, have been made by God for some + good end. The more we learn about animals and plants, the more + plainly this appears. I will show you the picture of a very + curious animal, called a Sloth. It looks a little like a bear. + Now listen, boys, to a few words about this animal. It lives in + thick, gloomy forests, so that it can scarcely ever be taken. + When placed on the ground it cannot walk, but drags itself + forward, with its fore legs, crying all the time, as if in + great pain. Its claws are long, and turn up under its feet. In + the woods it lives all the time on the trees, hanging from a + branch, with its back toward the ground. Tell me what you think + of such an animal."</p> + + <p>"I think it must be miserable all day long," replied + Samuel.</p> + + <p>"So every one thought, about fifty years ago," said Mr. + Harvey; but men who have gone to the countries where sloths + are, and seen them in the high trees, tell a very different + story. They say that the sloth's home is in the branches, as + much as a fish's is in the water; and he is there a strong and + happy animal, although he looks so weak and miserable on the + ground. He lives on fruit, and moves from one branch and one + tree to another, with considerable swiftness. So you see that + the sloth enjoys himself as well as any of us; and I have no + doubt that he was created for some good purpose, although we + may not be able to understand precisely what it is.</p> + + <p>"But do not some animals eat each other?" asked Thomas.</p> + + <p>"Yes," replied Mr. Harvey; "but this is of great use to man. + What would the farmer do with all the insects that destroy his + grain, if many of them were not eaten by little birds; and how + much of his fruit would these very birds destroy, if they, too, + were not eaten by hawks! If animals did not destroy each other, + they would soon become so numerous as to crowd man from the + earth."</p> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_XI" + id="CHAPTER_XI"></a>CHAPTER XI.</h2> + + <h3>ALICE GRAY.</h3> + + <p>One morning, after the three boys had taken a pretty long + walk, they came to a small cottage, standing by a garden, round + which was a neat hedge. Part of this garden was planted with + vegetables, and part with flowers, while many vines and sweet + brier bushes stood before the cottage door. There were also + large, white roses, which Samuel thought finer than any he had + yet seen; and in a corner of the garden farthest from the + house, stood two bee hives. As the boys passed by, a young + woman came out on the piazza, and asked them in. John and + Thomas had often been here; so they opened the gate and passed + through with their cousin. The young woman, whose name was + Alice, brought out chairs, and some new milk in bowls, for each + of them to drink. Then she walked with them through the garden, + showing them through the flowers, and telling their names. He + was much pleased with the bee hives; they were made of wood, + with glass tops, so that the bees might be seen at work. After + watching them for some time, they returned through the garden + to the cottage door. At this moment an old lady came to the + door, and spoke to Mr. Harvey's boys. Samuel observed that she + was very feeble, and that her voice could scarcely be heard. + She looked like one who had been often sick. When they left the + cottage, he asked who she was.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <a href="images/099.jpg"><img width="300" + src="images/099sm.jpg" + alt="ALICE GRAY" /></a><br /> + ALICE GRAY + </div> + + <p>"Her name is Gray," said Thomas. "Alice is her daughter. + Mrs. Gray's husband was a sailor, and when Alice was about + three years old, he went on a voyage to catch whales, but was + lost, with all the crew. Mrs. Gray was poor, and had four + children; and as no one in the town where she lived would help + her, she opened a school for little boys and girls. The money + she got by teaching, supported her family, until her two oldest + children died. Soon after, the poor woman herself became sick, + and the school was closed. Then she moved into this part of the + country, and tried to make her living by weaving mats out of + rushes. But in the fall, the child older than Alice, died; and + Mrs. Gray again grew sick. Her landlord was a hard hearted man: + he turned her out of doors, and the poor woman would have died, + if some neighbors had not taken her in, and provided for her + until she could work for herself. At last she went to live on + one of the hills that you can see near the iron mine. She did + pretty well that winter; but one day in the spring, a great + freshet ruined every thing that she had, and almost carried + away her house. Afraid to stay on the hill any longer, she was + about to go to the city, and ask assistance from the societies + which give help to poor people, when some persons, told her to + move to the cottage she is in now, and that they would pay the + rent. She did so. When Alice grew older, she worked hard to + support her mother, and she it was who planted all the flowers + and vegetables that you saw in the garden. Father made her a + present of the bee hives. Every body loves her because she has + so sweet a temper."</p> + + <p>"And is the old lady still sick?" asked Samuel.</p> + + <p>"Yes," said his cousin, "she will never be well again. Yet + she is happy in having a good daughter and kind friends, and + loves to see the young people, who sometimes stop to talk or + read to her."</p> + + <p>At some distance from the cottage the boys met a bull in the + road. It was standing still when they first saw it; but in a + little while it began to strike the ground with its feet, and + toss about its head. Samuel was afraid to go on; but his + cousins told him to follow them, without attempting to run. As + they passed, the bull looked fiercely at them, and began to + roar; but they walked on, keeping their eyes steady on it, all + the while. It continued to make a great noise, but did not + follow them. After they had passed it, Thomas said they could + then walk as fast as they chose, lest the bull might follow + them. Samuel asked him, if bulls had not sometimes killed + people.</p> + + <p>"Yes," he replied, "bulls are dangerous when any thing makes + them angry. And at such times, if you run from them they are + sure to follow. They often fight with each other; and farmer + Smith had a bull killed by another one last spring. If you meet + them in the road, it is best to face them, without showing any + fear. It is not often that they will attack any one who has + courage enough to look straight at them."</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/107.jpg" + width="400" + alt="bull" /> + </div> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_XII" + id="CHAPTER_XII"></a>CHAPTER XII.</h2> + + <h3>LOCUSTS.</h3> + + <p>Mr. Harvey's boys had a very fine fig tree, which had been + presented to them by a friend of their father, and of which + they took great care. It was kept in a large box, so that it + might be placed in the house during the winter. The boys + expected it would bear fruit next year. One day John burst into + the room where Thomas, Samuel, and his father were sitting, and + exclaimed with a doleful voice:</p> + + <p>"Oh, father, it is dead—eaten by the locusts—I + found a dozen on it."</p> + + <p>"What's the matter, John?" said Mr. Harvey. "What have the + locusts eaten?"</p> + + <p>"Our fig tree," replied John. "It is gone past all remedy. + Only come with me, and you'll see it."</p> + + <p>They followed him down the garden walk. On reaching the fig + tree, Mr. Harvey saw that nearly all its leaves had been eaten + off, with most of the bark and young branches. Thomas and + Samuel were very sorry, and John said he would kill every + locust he met, from that day forward. Mr. Harvey examined the + tree, and found, that although much damage had been done to it, + yet with proper care, it might be restored. "We ought to have + covered it with a net," he said to the boys.</p> + + <p>While his father was talking with Thomas and his cousin, + John was stooping on the ground, hammering something with a + stone. At last Mr. Harvey turned round, and asked John what he + was doing.</p> + + <p>"I am killing these fine locusts that I have caught," + replied John.</p> + + <p>"Stop, my son," said Mr. Harvey, "that is foolish conduct, + and very wicked. You are giving way to anger and revenge, two + of the worst passions that a youth can indulge."</p> + + <p>"But, father, they will eat more trees."</p> + + <p>"The damage that a few locusts can do, is not much," + answered his father; "and if we had taken proper care with the + fig tree, they would not have reached it. Let those under your + hat go, and when we go into the house, I will tell you about + the locusts of the Eastern countries, of which you might kill + as many as you chose, if you were there." John did as his + father bade him, and said he was sorry for having acted so + foolishly. Then Mr. Harvey trimmed the fig tree with his knife, + and said he would send a servant to place a screen over it. + When they came to the house, John reminded his father of his + promise concerning the locusts. Mr. Harvey took from a shelf + several large pictures of insects, and laying one on the table, + asked his son what he thought it was.</p> + + <p>"It looks like a large grasshopper," said John.</p> + + <p>"It is the locust of the East," replied his father. "These + locusts are shaped almost exactly like the long-winged + grasshoppers that fly about our fields; but they are two or + three times larger. What do you think this picture is?"</p> + + <p>"It seems to be a great cloud of dust."</p> + + <p>"It is a swarm of Eastern locusts. Hundreds of thousands fly + thus together, darkening the air, and driving every thing + before them. When alighting they cover the earth for more than + a mile round, and eat every green thing to the very roots. The + noise of their wings is like thunder. They leave the country + like a desert, so that the terrified people look forward to + misery and famine. Men, women, and children, turn out with guns + and stones, to kill them; and sometimes large fires are kindled + for the same purpose. The dead ones are taken by cart loads to + markets, and sold for food."</p> + + <p>"To be eaten, sir!" said Samuel.</p> + + <p>"Yes," replied Mr. Harvey, "mixed with butter, and fried in + a pan, they form almost all the meat that the poorer classes in + those countries get."</p> + + <p>"Its a shocking meal" said John.</p> + + <p>"Not so bad as you suppose," said his father. "Perhaps, if + it were not the custom in this country to eat lobsters or hogs, + we would look upon them with as much disgust as you do upon + locusts. What do you think of dining off of spiders?"</p> + + <p>"Horrible," said John. His father continued:</p> + + <p>"I have read of a man who ate nothing else, when he could + get spiders. So you see that people's tastes differ. You know + that John Baptist's food was locusts and wild honey."</p> + + <p>"Do the people kill all the locusts in a swarm?" asked + Thomas.</p> + + <p>"No," said his father, "a swarm is so large that after + hundreds of cart loads are taken from it, it seems no smaller. + Generally, the wind drives them into the sea, where they + perish. But their dead bodies, cast upon shore, become corrupt, + and produce plagues."</p> + + <p>"I wish," said John, "that the wind would drive all we have + into the sea, or else a good distance from our fig tree. Who + would think that such little animals could do so much + mischief."</p> + + <p>"Is it true that locusts return after every seventeen + years?" asked Samuel.</p> + + <p>"Yes," said Mr. Harvey; "but not the common kind, such as + ate the fig tree. All locusts come from eggs. In first coming + from the egg, they are not winged, but look like grub worms. + After a while these grubs cast off their skins, and become + locusts. Now, there is a kind of locust which is seventeen + years in changing from the egg to the full insect It is this + kind which is so numerous every seventeen years. If you go into + the field when they are coming from the ground, you will see + the grass and plants covered with them."</p> + + <p>"Father," said John, "why did the locusts strip all the + leaves from the fig tree, without touching any of the flowers + or bushes around?"</p> + + <p>"I suppose," said Mr. Harvey, "it is because the fig tree is + very tender. It comes, you know, from warm countries, and is + there the proper food of the locust. Had there been figs on the + tree, they would, no doubt, have been eaten also."</p> + <hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + <h2><a name="CHAPTER_XIII" + id="CHAPTER_XIII"></a>CHAPTER XIII.</h2> + + <h3>THE RETURN HOME.</h3> + + <p>A few days after this conversation, a large fox came, in the + evening, into Mr. Harvey's barn yard; but as a dog belonging to + one of the farmers was near, he was driven off before he could + catch any of the chickens. The boys heard the noise, and ran + down. They saw the fox running very fast away, while the dog, + which could not follow through the hole under the fence, had + gone round the barn, to get into the field. Samuel and his + cousins chased the fox as far as they could see it, and then + returned to the barn yard to hunt for more. But none could be + found, and they walked up to the house.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <a href="images/121.jpg"><img width="300" + src="images/121sm.jpg" + alt="THE FOX" /></a><br /> + THE FOX + </div> + + <p>At last the month of August rolled around, and the holidays + drew toward a close. I have told you only about a few things + that Samuel saw in his walks around the country with his + cousins; but you perceive that he enjoyed himself very much. He + also learned a great deal. I hope, children, that you have also + learned something by reading this book. Samuel tried to + remember all that his uncle and cousins told him, and often + thought of it when he was by himself. It would be well if you + would do the same. Have you a little brother, or sister? See if + you can tell it what Mr. Harvey told Samuel about bats, + locusts, rivers, the rain, and sloths. You may also tell the + story of Alice Gray, and old Jack the Soldier.</p> + + <p>You remember that Samuel was to go home at the end of + August. Thomas and John looked very sorrowful as the time drew + near; for they loved their cousin very much, and wished that he + could stay with them altogether. On the last evening, Mr. + Harvey took all the boys to a branch of the river about seven + miles off, to enjoy a sail in a boat, on the water. It was a + beautiful moonlight evening, and they rode to the place in a + carriage. Samuel thought that the sight of the water, sparkling + in the moon-beams, and stretching away so wide and still, with + the dark bushes on each side, was the finest thing he had yet + seen. When they were in the middle of the stream, and gliding + slowly down it, Mr. Harvey and his sons joined in singing some + simple song; and as they had brought plenty of food with them, + they staid on the water until midnight.</p> + + <p>Next morning, Samuel started for town, at nine o'clock. He + had received many beautiful and useful things from his cousins, + and as he pressed their hands, and again and again, bade them + good bye, he felt how much he would miss their company when he + would be in the city. But they promised to write to each other, + and as often as they could, send presents from one to another. + Then the horses trotted rapidly down the road, and Mr. Harvey, + with his boys, returned to the house.</p> + + <div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/126.jpg" + width="400" + alt="coach and horses" /> + </div> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Summer Holidays, by Amerel + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS *** + +***** This file should be named 15684-h.htm or 15684-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/5/6/8/15684/ + +Produced by Internet Archive; University of Florida, PM Childrens +Library, Joanna Pease and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Summer Holidays + A Story for Children + +Author: Amerel + +Release Date: April 22, 2005 [EBook #15684] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS *** + + + + +Produced by Internet Archive; University of Florida, PM Childrens +Library, Joanna Pease and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. + + + + + + + +THE +SUMMER HOLIDAYS: + +A STORY FOR CHILDREN. +BY AMEREL. + + +NEW-YORK: +D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY +1851. + + +Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by +D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, + +In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern +District of New York. + + +[Illustration: DADDY HALL'S DONKEY.] + + +CONTENTS + + +CHAPTER I. +Uncle Harvey's Parlor + +CHAPTER II. +The Evening Walk + +CHAPTER III. +A Visit to Daddy Hall + +CHAPTER IV. +The Walk through the Woods + +CHAPTER V. +What Uncle Harvey said about Rain + +CHAPTER VI. +How Thomas killed a Hawk + +CHAPTER VII. +About Bats + +CHAPTER VIII. +The Walk to the Creek + +CHAPTER IX. +The Hard Battle + +CHAPTER X. +About Corn and the uses of Animals + +CHAPTER XI +Alice Gray + +CHAPTER XII. +Locusts + +CHAPTER XIII. +The Return Home + + + + +THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. + + + + +CHAPTER I. + +UNCLE HARVEY'S PARLOR. + + +Mr. Harvey's two sons, Thomas and John, were very anxious for their +cousin, Samuel Reed, to spend the August holidays with them. His father +said that he might; and when school was closed for the season, Samuel +bade his father good bye, and was soon in the carriage, driving toward +Uncle Harvey's country seat. + +The boys had not seen each other since New Year's day. It was a happy +meeting when Samuel jumped out of the carriage, by the gate leading from +the main road up to Mr. Harvey's house; for there his uncle, and two +cousins, were waiting for him. Thomas and John, each grasped a hand, +while their father led the way to the house. "We were afraid you were +not coming," said John. "How tall you have grown since Christmas," +exclaimed Thomas. "Were you not tired of being in the hot city such +weather as this?" Samuel said that he was; and then they all entered the +house, while the driver brought in Samuel's baggage. + +It was about five o'clock in the afternoon when Samuel reached his +uncle's house. He was taken into a small parlor, which opened upon a +garden where many flowers were in bloom. It was a warm day, but this +room was cool and fragrant; and on the table were several plates of +fruit, and some cakes, which his uncle caused to be placed there, so +that he might eat some as soon as he arrived, While Samuel was eating +some of them John said: + +"We are so glad you have come, Samuel. Last winter you could see nothing +but snow." + +"What became of the snow-man we made last winter?" asked Samuel. + +"It froze very hard for more than a week after you left," replied +Thomas; "but John and I broke its head a great deal, with snow balls, +and afterwards a warm rain fell, and washed it away." + +"Is it warm in the city now?" asked John. + +"Yes," answered his cousin. "In the middle of the day the pavements seem +to be about on fire, and people are afraid to walk far, lest they may be +sunstruck. Yesterday two men died with the heat. There seems to be no +air stirring from morning till night. Besides, there is much sickness in +town, and many persons have left their houses, and gone into the +country. + +"Father," said Thomas, "how miserable we should be if we had no water to +drink this weather, like those poor Arabs that you told us of the other +day." + +"Yes," answered Mr. Harvey, "the sun must be burning hot in Arabia now." + +"How can they live in such a place?" asked John. + +"They are not all so miserable as the party I told you of the other +day," replied his father. "Besides, you know it is their country, and +God has taught them to love it. If an Arab were brought here, he would, +probably, think it a most dreary land, except in summer." + +"But what do you do in town, Samuel," asked John, "when it is too warm +to go out?" + +"It is very hot only in the middle of the day," replied his cousin, "and +then, you know, we are at school. In the afternoons, I sometimes rode +out with father, or went on the steamboat. Last week a balloon went up, +from the other side of the river. We had a fine view of it from the roof +of our house. Two men were in it, and when they had risen so high that +the balloon appeared quite small, they threw out a little machine, +called a parachute. It looked something like an umbrella, and had a dog +to it. The balloon sailed a great distance through the air, and came +down safely." + +It was now six o'clock, and Mr. Harvey told the boys that they might go +to supper, which he had ordered to be ready earlier than usual. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER II. + +THE EVENING WALK. + + +After supper, Samuel and his cousins took a walk in the meadow, toward +the mill pond. The air was now cool and pleasant, and as the boys moved +through the narrow path, among the low grass, thousands of grasshoppers, +and other insects, filled the air with their cheerful hum. Thomas, with +his companions, passed round the mill, and then climbed a fence which +led through a field of corn. The corn was not very high, so that they +had to be careful not to tread upon it. When they reached the other +side, Samuel saw that the fence was covered with raspberry vines, from +one end to the other. He asked what they did with so many. "All that +father wishes to use, or to eat," replied Thomas, "he gathers out of the +garden; but these he leaves for two or three poor families, who live not +far off, and who take them to town to sell. It helps them to pay their +rent." + +"And does he give away blackberries, too?" asked Samuel. + +"Yes, and many other kinds of fruit," replied his cousin. "He has such +large fields and orchards, that he can afford to give away great +quantities of apples, peaches, currants, grain, and vegetables." + +[Illustration: THE OLD SOLDIER'S HOUSE.] + +The boys roamed about the fields, talking in this manner, until after +sunset, when Thomas said it was time to return. They crossed into a bye +path, and walked toward the house through a field in which wheat had +been growing. Among the short straw, left by the reapers, Samuel saw +many birds' nests, and deep holes that had been dug by rabbits, field +mice, and other small animals. In a short time they passed a very old +house, whose sides appeared as if they would fall every moment. The roof +was covered with moss and grass, and the boards had crumbled and +separated from each other; a number of bats and swallows were flying +about it, and Thomas said that dozens of these little animals, beside +rats and mice, lived inside. Samuel asked him if any body lived there. +"No," said his cousin; "but father remembers very well when an old +soldier, that the farmers called Jack, did live in this house. His +leg had been shot off in battles with the Indians. After it healed he +moved to this place, and lived on the vegetables he could raise in a +little garden, besides what people gave him. Every night he came out and +sat on the log by the door, playing on an old fiddle. Then the school +children would collect around him, and give him pennies, or fruit, and +such things. Sometimes he told them stories; for he had travelled in +many lands, and knew a great deal about them. In the summer nights, +father says, he often heard poor old Jack singing the songs that he had +learned when he was a boy; and sometimes he could be seen hobbling down +this lane, on his crutches, or sitting by the water catching some fish +for his supper. One day he was missed, and folks thought he was sick; +but they waited till the next morning, and then a great crowd collected +round the house, and called him. No one answered; so some one lifted the +latch and went in. Old Jack was not there, and the people began to get +frightened. They hunted for him all that day, and many days afterward; +but he was never found. Some think that he was drowned; others that he +went away with strangers, and a few are foolish enough to believe, that +he is still living, and will one day come back. Since that time, no one +has ever lived in his house, and in a few years it will tumble down with +old age." + +While Thomas had been giving this account of Poor Jack, the Soldier, +John was very busy moving round the old house, and peeping through the +cracks in the boards. At last he motioned Thomas and Samuel, to come to +him, and then whispered: + +"Stoop down--don't make a bit of noise--and peep through this crack. +You'll see the biggest owl that ever you did see, in all your life." +Both of them looked through. It was very dark, but Samuel saw two great +eyes, like balls of fire, and in a little while he could perceive the +body of an owl, which, as John had said, was the largest he had ever +seen. + +"Let us go in and catch him," said John. But Thomas answered, that as it +was now dark the owl could easily fly away; and besides, as they did not +wish to kill it, it could be of no use to them, if they should catch it. +"It might do for cousin to look at," replied John; but he did not insist +upon entering the house. As they were going away, Samuel asked his +cousin if he did not think owls were ugly. + +"No, indeed," answered John. "I would rather see an owl any time than +these little birds that can do nothing but sing. See how soft his +feathers are--all barred and spotted with black and brown, which is more +handsome than to be all over red or yellow. I know he can't sing; but +he's got nice, long ears, and that no other bird has. And how nice and +round his head is. Then he sits on a tree, and looks wise, as father +says. The Canary, and the mocking bird, are good enough to keep in +cages, but of all birds, give me an owl." + +Thomas and Samuel laughed at this notion, but John continued: + +"Thomas, did not some people, who lived a long while ago, call the owl +the 'bird of wisdom?'" + +"Yes," replied Thomas. "I have heard father say that it was the +Athenians." + +"That shows how wise they were," said John. "I seems to me as though +that owl, which we saw, was keeping house for poor old soldier Jack." + +"Do hush about owls," said his brother, laughing; and they ran together +through the gate, and into the yard. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER III. + +A VISIT TO DADDY HALL. + + +Next morning, Mr. Harvey told his sons that they might go to see an old +man, who lived in a small house, about two miles off, and who was so +sickly that he could not work. This old man's name was Hall, and the +boys of the school called him Daddy Hall. He had once been rich; but +sickness and misfortune had reduced him to poverty, so that he now lived +with his little son, in a small hut, near a hill. Every week he sent +fruit and vegetables to market, in a cart, drawn by a donkey, which some +of the neighbors had given to him. Every week Mr. Harvey sent either a +servant, or one of the boys, to see how he was getting along, and to +carry him something nice. + +The two boys, with their cousin, were soon off, carrying with them a +basket full of things for the old man. They went by the road across the +meadows, and through a small gate in the hedge. Samuel observed, that +the hawthorn of the hedge grew very thick and close, so that a bird +could scarcely get through it. The roots and branches were twisted into +each other, appearing like strong, thick chains woven together; and on +the vines grew sharp thorns, longer than a needle. Mr. Harvey's boys +told their cousin, that neither man nor beast could get through such a +hedge; and that if a man were placed on the top, he could walk on the +vines without sinking down, they were so strong and close. "It would be +uneasy travelling, though," added John; "for his feet would be torn to +pieces by these spiky thorns." + +They now left the hedge, and went on through two wide fields, until they +reached some hills that stood by themselves, and were steep and bare. +Three of them had deep pits dug in them, while piles of rock, stones, +and sand, were lying around. Samuel asked his cousins what place it was. + +"It is an iron mine," said Thomas; but it is not worked any more, +because there is not enough of iron found to pay for the trouble. All +these stones lying about here are pieces of ore; but the quantity of +iron in them is so small that it will not pay for the expense of taking +it out from the ore." + +"How is iron taken from the ore?" asked Samuel. Thomas replied: + +"The ore is first crushed into coarse dust, and then washed. Afterwards +this dust is melted in a hot furnace, and the iron is separated from the +melted stone, or dross, in a manner which is very troublesome, and which +father can explain to you better than I can. Sometimes the ore is almost +all iron; John and I have some pieces in our cabinets, in which you +cannot see any stone." + +"But did men go down this deep well?" asked Samuel. + +"Yes; they were lowered down in buckets. And the water was pumped out by +a machine. The water was so cold, even in the middle of summer, that one +could scarcely hold his hand in it." + +The boys began to throw stones down one of the wells, so that they might +guess by hearing them strike the bottom, how deep it was. The first +stones were too small to be heard; then they threw larger ones, and +listened, but could hear no sound. At last, John took up a piece of rock +as big as his head, and rolled it into the well. It fell with a hollow, +rumbling noise, and all was then still. The boys thought it had reached +the bottom; but all at once they heard it splash into water. Then the +boys knew that the well was very deep, for the stone had been falling +several seconds. They then hunted among the piles of ore for some +handsome pieces to give to Samuel; after which, they picked up their +basket, and hurried on toward Daddy Hall's. + +On reaching his house, they found the old man sitting at the door, while +his son, a good boy, was preparing to take the donkey to market, with a +cart load of turnips, radishes, peas, beans, and cabbage. Daddy Hall was +pale and thin; but he arose to meet the boys, and seemed very glad to +see Samuel. Although he was sick almost every day, and sometimes +suffered great pain, yet no one ever heard him complain. He loved +children, and was very fond of talking to them; and before he grew so +weak and feeble, many of the farmers sent their little ones to him, to +learn to read. After they had been seated a little while, John asked him +if he did not get tired of staying in the house. + +"Sometimes," said the old man, "I wish I could go out, as I once could, +and work for myself; but I do not feel tired. Besides, this is the best +condition I can be placed in; and if you ask me why, I will tell you. +God, my children, has placed me in it; and he knows what is best for +each of us. He has given me many comforts, kind friends, plenty to eat +and drink, and a son, who is one of the best of boys. There is nothing, +John, more cheering to the heart of an old man than the kindness of a +dutiful son; and let me ask each of you, to listen to the advice of one +who owns such a blessing, and always to show honor and respect to your +parents." + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +THE WALK THROUGH THE WOODS. + + +The boys left their basket with Daddy Hall, and set out on their return +to the house. "Let us go through the woods," said Thomas, and they all +walked toward a thick wood which stood not far from the hill, near which +Daddy Hall's house was built. They were glad to reach its cool shade; +for the sun was now getting warm. Samuel saw a number of birds among the +branches, that he did not know the names of; and many bright little +flowers were growing in the shade, among the roots of oak and beech +trees. A little distance in the wood, they reach a small rock, near +which some large stones were lying, as if they had been thrown together. +Thomas stopped, and said, "Samuel, this is the place where we killed a +big snake last spring. You can see his hole under this rock. John and I +tried hard to move these loose stones, but we could not. I dare say +there are snake nests underneath." + +"Perhaps we three can move one of them," replied his cousin. They all +caught hold, and at last pulled the stone from its place. There was +nothing underneath, but some old nut shells; but John said he was sure +they would find snakes if they could but move the other stones. After +much pulling, they raised another one; and under it was a large land +tortoise, with several little ones, no larger than a walnut. After +examining these, they observed a hole running under another stone, into +the ground. Samuel also found two or three snake skins, which his +cousins told him the snakes threw off every spring, after which, a new +and larger skin grew on them. They pulled hard at this third stone, but +could not move it; but while they were going away, Thomas said that they +could bring an iron bar some day, and easily root it up. + +In the middle of the wood was a fine spring of water, which gushed from +a rock, and then spread out into a little pool, so clear and quiet, that +the smallest stones could be seen at the bottom. Samuel tasted the +water, and found it cold and refreshing. He asked his cousin how so much +water could come out of the rock. + +"It does not come from the rock," replied Thomas; "but only runs through +it. Father says, that spring water often comes from the hills and +mountains, running under the ground through cracks and holes in the +rocks, until it finds some outlet. I suppose this water runs down from +the tops of the hills near the iron mine." + +"But this is not rain water," said his cousin. "It neither tastes nor +looks like it." + +"It has become changed while passing under the ground," replied Thomas. +"After a heavy shower the water soaks into the earth until it reaches +the sand, or rock underneath, then it runs through every little crack +down the hill, and under the ground to some place like this where it can +escape. The sand and gravel, which it meets with, make it pure and the +lime and other substances of the rocks, alter its taste." + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER V + +WHAT UNCLE HARVEY SAID ABOUT RAIN. + + +When the boys reached the house, Mr. Harvey was in his study. Samuel was +anxious to ask him some questions about springs, but he would not go up +stairs to disturb him. But after dinner his uncle came into the parlor +where the boys were, and then Samuel asked him where all the water comes +from that flows in the rivers and other streams. + +"From the ocean," answered Mr. Harvey. "I suppose you have seen water +boiling, Samuel." + +"Yes, sir." + +"And have you seen the steam rise up from the water into the air?" +Samuel said that he had. His uncle continued: + +"Whenever water is heated, it is turned into steam, or vapor, as it is +sometimes called. If there is enough of heat to make water boil, the +vapor passes off very fast, until the water is gone. Now the sun is +continually changing the water of rivers, ponds, lakes, and of the +ocean, into vapor. This vapor rises. The air about a mile above the +earth, is much colder than it is on the earth; so when the hot vapor +from the ocean meets the cold air, it again becomes water, and forms +clouds. I see you are ready with a question, John." + +"Yes, sir," said John. "I cannot see, father, how the clouds can float +in the air if they are nothing but water. Why do they not pour down?" +His father answered: + +"I expected this would be your question. The clouds, my son, are water, +but not in a close mass, like that in a bucket or in the mill pond. You +have seen soap bubbles, and know that a great many of them may be joined +together without breaking. It is supposed by learned men, that clouds +are nothing but many thousands of bubbles, which, being lighter than +air, would, you know, float on it." + +"But, father," said John, "what makes it rain?" + +"That is not certainly known," replied Mr. Harvey; "but, no doubt, +lightning has much to do with it. I will show you, this evening, several +pictures about clouds and springs of water, which will help you to +understand what I have said." + +"Uncle," said Samuel, "there is one more question which I would like to +ask." + +"Ask it, my boy," replied Mr. Harvey. + +"I have read, sir, that the water of the ocean is salt; why, then, is +not rain water salt, too?" + +"Because," said Mr. Harvey, "salt cannot be changed to vapor, and it is +too heavy to be raised, in any quantity, in the air with the water. +Yet, I suppose, that a little salt is always mixed with the bubbles that +form clouds." + + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +HOW THOMAS KILLED A HAWK. + + +This afternoon was very hot, and the boys spent it in their room, +arranging their books and pictures, and in reading. At five o'clock, +while Thomas was standing by the window, he suddenly exclaimed: "There's +a hawk!" Both the boys ran to the window, and saw a large hawk, sailing +slowly toward the barn. + +"He is the one that steals our chickens," said John. "And see, he's +flying straight for the barn. Thomas, run and ask father for the gun." + +Mr. Harvey kept two guns in his house; but he used them only for +shooting hawks, when they were flying about to steal the poultry. John +and Thomas had learned to use them, and sometimes spent an afternoon in +firing at a mark. But they never did so without their father's consent. + +[Illustration: THE HAWK.] + +Thomas soon joined the other boys, having the gun in his hand; and after +Mr. Harvey had bidden them to be careful, they followed in the direction +the hawk was flying. They kept close by the fence, so that it could not +see them. In a short time it was over the barn yard, and sailing round +and round, in order to make a sweep downwards. "Hurry, Thomas," said +John; and Thomas ran stooping along some bushes, followed by John and +Samuel, on their hands and feet. The hawk was now quite low, and the +boys could hear the hens screaming and running about. At last Thomas +reached the barn fence, and his brother told him to fire. But he could +not take aim, because the hawk was partly hidden by the corner of the +barn. "I am afraid he'll get that little chicken," said Samuel. "See if +you can take aim now," whispered John. The hawk now made a sweep at one +of the chickens; but it ran under the barn, and the hawk flew up a +little higher. Just then, Thomas fired. The hawk came down head +foremost, and Thomas threw away his gun, and sprang over the wall. John +and Samuel jumped after him, shouting as loud as they could. In a few +moments the hawk was dead. It was the largest one that either of them +had ever seen. When they reached the house, Mr. Harvey was waiting for +them; and on seeing so large a hawk, promised to have it stuffed for +them. The gun was then hung up in its place. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +ABOUT BATS. + + +This evening, while the boys were reading and talking to Mr. Harvey, +several bats flew in at the window. John caught one of them in his hat, +and placed it on the table for his cousin to examine. Samuel asked his +uncle if it would not fly away. + +"No," said Mr. Harvey, "it cannot raise itself from the ground. What we +call its wings, are, you see, nothing but two thin skins, or membranes, +stretched from its hind legs to its fore ones, and fastened to its +sides. When flying, it spreads out its toes, so as to unfold these +membranes, and thus balances itself in the air." + +"Do not some people think that the bat is a bird?" asked Samuel. + +"Yes. But probably they never examined a bat closely. You see that it +looks nothing at all like a bird." + +"Father," said John, "where did those great bats come from, which you +have in your cabinet?" + +"From the island of Java," said Mr. Harvey. "They are called Java bats. +I have seen some with bodies as large as hens, and wings like umbrellas. +Hundreds of these animals fly about the gardens and orchards of that +island, every night, destroying great quantities of fruit. The people +there, spread nets over the trees, to protect the fruit, and shoot the +bats with guns, as you did the hawk." + +"I have read, in a book of travels," said Samuel, "that while persons +are asleep, these bats, or some other large kind, suck their blood. Is +that true, sir?" + +"No," said Mr. Harvey. "Such tales were long believed, even by writers +on natural history; and I have some where a picture of a monstrous bat +sucking the blood from a man's veins. But all this is now known to be +fabulous. No kind of bat will attack an animal as large as itself, nor +enter a house when there is an abundance of fruit and insects in the +field." + +"Shall we let this bat go now?" said John. Mr. Harvey said yes; and then +John lifted it on a large sheet of paper, and threw it into the air. In +a moment it spread out its thin wings, and after flying about the room +two or three times, passed out of the window. Mr. Harvey told them, that +although the bat was so feeble when on the ground, yet its strength of +wing was greater than that of any bird. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + +THE WALK TO THE CREEK. + + +The next day there was a heavy thunder shower, in the morning, which +compelled the boys to stay in the house; and in the afternoon the +teacher of the academy paid Mr. Harvey a visit. During the time that he +staid, Thomas, with his brother and cousin, were told to remain in the +house. But the next day was cool and pleasant, and they started early on +a ramble through the fields. As they passed close to a farm house, +Samuel saw a large dog chained to a tree, in the yard. It looked very +fierce at them as they passed, and then began to growl and bark. Thomas +told his cousin, that this dog had bitten several persons in the +neighborhood, and that some of the school boys had tried to poison it; +but that the farmer was careful always to keep it chained, so that no +body might get a chance to catch it in the road. + +About half a mile further onward was a fine stream of water. It began in +the hills, and ran winding along, deeper and broader, to a great +distance. Mr. Harvey owned several farms along this creek; and here +Thomas and John often came, in summer evenings, to swim. The water was +clear and pure, so that hundreds of fish could be seen sporting around +the shores. + +When the boys reached this creek, they sat down under a shady tree, to +watch the fishes, and listen to the songs of the birds, on the bushes +that hung over the water. In a short time, a number of eels came from +under a large stone, one after the other, and after swimming about for a +little while, buried themselves in the mud. Samuel asked Thomas where so +many came from. + +"They live in the water," replied his cousin. "On a pleasant evening you +can see many more swimming among the stones, and the roots of trees, by +the edge of the creek. But, do you know, that they sometimes come out of +the water, and glide about the meadows." + +"No," said Samuel; "do they?" + +"Yes," replied Thomas. "At night you may sometimes see a great many +among the grass. One evening last summer John and I met a whole company +of them, going from the little creek, near Daddy Hall's house, toward +the mill pond. We thought, at first, that they were snakes, and so moved +out of their road; but by and by, we perceived that they were eels. The +weather had been hot and dry for two weeks before, and these eels were +travelling to find more water. So father told us afterwards." + +The boys now walked on, down the creek, until they came to a small +bridge. On this a boy, about as large as Samuel, was standing, throwing +stones into the water. When Thomas, and the other two, got near enough, +they saw he was stoning frogs. Every time one of these little animals +put its head above the water, the boy pelted it with a stone; and two or +three had been mashed to death, as they sat on the broad stones, near +the water's edge. + +[Illustration: STONING FROGS.] + +Now, all good boys and girls, who read this book, will say that this was +a cruel boy--and so he was. As soon as John saw what he was about, he +called to him to stop. The boy said he would not, and stoned harder than +before. Then John began to grow angry. You remember, children, I told +you, that though John was a noble hearted fellow, yet he was quick of +temper; and when he saw boys doing wrong, he was apt to get angry very +soon, if they did not stop when they were told. So, seeing that the boy +still threw stones, he called to him again, louder than before. + +"What shall I stop for?" said the boy. + +"Because," said John, as he stepped on the bridge, "you have no business +to stone frogs. What hurt do they do you?" + +"A good deal," said the boy; and he threw another stone. + +"I tell you to stop," replied John; "this is father's field, and they +are his frogs, too; and you have no right here, if you can't behave +yourself." + +The boy now threw off his cap, as if to fight, and said: "I don't care +for you or your father either; I'll stone as long as I please, and no +one shall hinder me," and as he spoke, he shook his fist in John's face. +John was now very angry. + +"If you touch me," he said, "I'll throw you, head foremost, over the +bridge. I tell you to quit stoning frogs, and you shall quit." + +Thomas and Samuel now came forward; for they were afraid that there +would be some fighting. John and the boy stood looking at each other for +a little while; but at last, the boy seeing that John was not afraid of +him, picked up his hat and walked off, muttering that he did not care +for any body. "He had better go," said John. When his brother began to +grow calm, Thomas told him that he ought not to get so angry, for he +could have driven off the boy just as well, by speaking quietly to him. +"I have seen him once or twice before," added Thomas, "and I hear that +he is a very bad boy." + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER IX. + +THE HARD BATTLE. + + +In coming home by some cherry trees that stood near the fence, Samuel +saw a little animal, larger than a bat, fly swiftly from one branch to +another. He asked his cousins if it was not a flying squirrel. Thomas +answered, "Yes. Several nests of them are in these trees. If you could +examine one of these squirrels closely, you would see that its wings, as +they are called, are not like bird's wings." + +"They seem more like a bat's wings," said Samuel. + +"So they are," replied his cousin; "only thin skins, stretched along the +sides from the fore legs to the hind ones. But these squirrels cannot +fly far, nor stay long in the air, as bats can. They merely dart swiftly +from one branch to another." + +"What other kinds of squirrels are there?" asked Samuel. + +"The grey squirrel," said Thomas, "much larger than this one. It is not +often found about here. Then the ground squirrel, that lives in the +ground, instead of on the trees. The common squirrel, such as you see +running about the fences and woods; and two or three other kinds. Some +people eat squirrels; but I have never tasted one." + +The boys now heard some one screaming, and stopped to listen. "It comes +from that field," said John; "let us run and see what is the matter." +They did so, and soon saw that the big dog they had passed in going to +the creek, had got out, and was chasing a boy. This boy was screaming +with fear; and John perceived that he was the boy who had been stoning +frogs. But the boys ran with all their might to help him, picking up +such stones and sticks as lay on the ground, in their way. When they +reached the boy, he was pale with fear, for the dog was close to him. +Samuel also felt a little afraid; but he joined his two cousins in +trying to beat the dog back. The fierce animal got John's stick in his +mouth, and wrenched it out of his hand; but he kicked it in the jaws, +and so kept it off with his feet, while Thomas and Samuel struck it over +the head with all their might. As to the boy, he ran as hard as he +could, until he was out of sight. Thomas's stick now broke, but Samuel +ran his down the dog's throat, and John ran to bring a great pole which +was lying a little distance off. With this they kept the dog from biting +them, until some men came running down a lane, and over into the field. +They had seen the dog run out of the farmer's yard, and were anxious to +kill it. So they threw a rope round its neck, and dragged it away. They +said it should be shot. The boys were very warm, and could scarcely get +their breath. They walked, therefore, to a tree which stood in the +field, and sat down to get cool, and rest themselves. Thomas said he +would be glad if the dog were killed, for such an animal was not fit to +keep. "If we had each had a good stout club," replied his brother, "he +would never have run after any of us again." + +They looked for the boy, but he could not be seen; and after resting +themselves, they walked home. When Mr. Harvey heard of their battle with +the dog, he said that it was a great blessing they had not been bitten; +for that in summer the bite of a dog often caused madness, followed by +certain death. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER X. + +ABOUT CORN AND THE USES OF ANIMALS. + + +When Samuel had been at his uncle's about two weeks. Mr. Harvey told him +one morning, that he might go with his cousins to a field where early +corn was growing and pull some to cook, if it was ripe. They had a merry +time among the high corn. As they came back to the house, carrying their +basket of ears, Samuel asked his cousins, why corn was sometimes called +Indian corn. + +"It is because it formed the chief food of the Indians, before white men +came to this country," replied Thomas. "Father says its proper name is +maize. It was first found in this country; and there are some parts of +America where it is used altogether instead of wheat or rye. Did you +ever taste cakes made from it?" + +"Yes," said Samuel; "they were sweeter than wheat bread; but I would not +like to eat them every day." + +"Nor I either," said John; "but I like Indian meal with sugar, eggs, and +milk in it, and then baked brown in the oven. Don't you, Samuel?" + +"I never tasted it that way. But I think corn is best boiled on the ear, +and eaten with meat and vegetables." + +Mr. Harvey's library, as I have already told you, was very large. He +spent much time in the room where it was, either reading or writing. In +the afternoon, after the boys had gathered the corn, he called them into +this room, and showed them some beautiful pictures of animals and +countries. While looking at them, Samuel asked him if he thought every +animal had been made for some useful purpose. + +"Yes, my boy," answered his uncle; "we have reason to believe that even +things which appear to be entirely useless, such as gravel stones, or +weeds, have been made by God for some good end. The more we learn about +animals and plants, the more plainly this appears. I will show you the +picture of a very curious animal, called a Sloth. It looks a little like +a bear. Now listen, boys, to a few words about this animal. It lives in +thick, gloomy forests, so that it can scarcely ever be taken. When +placed on the ground it cannot walk, but drags itself forward, with its +fore legs, crying all the time, as if in great pain. Its claws are long, +and turn up under its feet. In the woods it lives all the time on the +trees, hanging from a branch, with its back toward the ground. Tell me +what you think of such an animal." + +"I think it must be miserable all day long," replied Samuel. + +"So every one thought, about fifty years ago," said Mr. Harvey; but men +who have gone to the countries where sloths are, and seen them in the +high trees, tell a very different story. They say that the sloth's home +is in the branches, as much as a fish's is in the water; and he is there +a strong and happy animal, although he looks so weak and miserable on +the ground. He lives on fruit, and moves from one branch and one tree to +another, with considerable swiftness. So you see that the sloth enjoys +himself as well as any of us; and I have no doubt that he was created +for some good purpose, although we may not be able to understand +precisely what it is. + +"But do not some animals eat each other?" asked Thomas. + +"Yes," replied Mr. Harvey; "but this is of great use to man. What would +the farmer do with all the insects that destroy his grain, if many of +them were not eaten by little birds; and how much of his fruit would +these very birds destroy, if they, too, were not eaten by hawks! If +animals did not destroy each other, they would soon become so numerous +as to crowd man from the earth." + + + + +CHAPTER XI. + +ALICE GRAY. + + +One morning, after the three boys had taken a pretty long walk, they +came to a small cottage, standing by a garden, round which was a neat +hedge. Part of this garden was planted with vegetables, and part with +flowers, while many vines and sweet brier bushes stood before the +cottage door. There were also large, white roses, which Samuel thought +finer than any he had yet seen; and in a corner of the garden farthest +from the house, stood two bee hives. As the boys passed by, a young +woman came out on the piazza, and asked them in. John and Thomas had +often been here; so they opened the gate and passed through with their +cousin. The young woman, whose name was Alice, brought out chairs, and +some new milk in bowls, for each of them to drink. Then she walked with +them through the garden, showing them through the flowers, and telling +their names. He was much pleased with the bee hives; they were made of +wood, with glass tops, so that the bees might be seen at work. After +watching them for some time, they returned through the garden to the +cottage door. At this moment an old lady came to the door, and spoke to +Mr. Harvey's boys. Samuel observed that she was very feeble, and that +her voice could scarcely be heard. She looked like one who had been +often sick. When they left the cottage, he asked who she was. + +[Illustration: ALICE GRAY.] + +"Her name is Gray," said Thomas. "Alice is her daughter. Mrs. Gray's +husband was a sailor, and when Alice was about three years old, he went +on a voyage to catch whales, but was lost, with all the crew. Mrs. Gray +was poor, and had four children; and as no one in the town where she +lived would help her, she opened a school for little boys and girls. The +money she got by teaching, supported her family, until her two oldest +children died. Soon after, the poor woman herself became sick, and the +school was closed. Then she moved into this part of the country, and +tried to make her living by weaving mats out of rushes. But in the fall, +the child older than Alice, died; and Mrs. Gray again grew sick. Her +landlord was a hard hearted man: he turned her out of doors, and the +poor woman would have died, if some neighbors had not taken her in, and +provided for her until she could work for herself. At last she went to +live on one of the hills that you can see near the iron mine. She did +pretty well that winter; but one day in the spring, a great freshet +ruined every thing that she had, and almost carried away her house. +Afraid to stay on the hill any longer, she was about to go to the city, +and ask assistance from the societies which give help to poor people, +when some persons, told her to move to the cottage she is in now, and +that they would pay the rent. She did so. When Alice grew older, she +worked hard to support her mother, and she it was who planted all the +flowers and vegetables that you saw in the garden. Father made her a +present of the bee hives. Every body loves her because she has so sweet +a temper." + +"And is the old lady still sick?" asked Samuel. + +"Yes," said his cousin, "she will never be well again. Yet she is happy +in having a good daughter and kind friends, and loves to see the young +people, who sometimes stop to talk or read to her." + +At some distance from the cottage the boys met a bull in the road. It +was standing still when they first saw it; but in a little while it +began to strike the ground with its feet, and toss about its head. +Samuel was afraid to go on; but his cousins told him to follow them, +without attempting to run. As they passed, the bull looked fiercely at +them, and began to roar; but they walked on, keeping their eyes steady +on it, all the while. It continued to make a great noise, but did not +follow them. After they had passed it, Thomas said they could then walk +as fast as they chose, lest the bull might follow them. Samuel asked +him, if bulls had not sometimes killed people. + +"Yes," he replied, "bulls are dangerous when any thing makes them angry. +And at such times, if you run from them they are sure to follow. They +often fight with each other; and farmer Smith had a bull killed by +another one last spring. If you meet them in the road, it is best to +face them, without showing any fear. It is not often that they will +attack any one who has courage enough to look straight at them." + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHAPTER XII. + +LOCUSTS. + + +Mr. Harvey's boys had a very fine fig tree, which had been presented to +them by a friend of their father, and of which they took great care. It +was kept in a large box, so that it might be placed in the house during +the winter. The boys expected it would bear fruit next year. One day +John burst into the room where Thomas, Samuel, and his father were +sitting, and exclaimed with a doleful voice: + +"Oh, father, it is dead--eaten by the locusts--I found a dozen on it." + +"What's the matter, John?" said Mr. Harvey. "What have the locusts +eaten?" + +"Our fig tree," replied John. "It is gone past all remedy. Only come +with me, and you'll see it." + +They followed him down the garden walk. On reaching the fig tree, Mr. +Harvey saw that nearly all its leaves had been eaten off, with most of +the bark and young branches. Thomas and Samuel were very sorry, and John +said he would kill every locust he met, from that day forward. Mr. +Harvey examined the tree, and found, that although much damage had been +done to it, yet with proper care, it might be restored. "We ought to +have covered it with a net," he said to the boys. + +While his father was talking with Thomas and his cousin, John was +stooping on the ground, hammering something with a stone. At last Mr. +Harvey turned round, and asked John what he was doing. + +"I am killing these fine locusts that I have caught," replied John. + +"Stop, my son," said Mr. Harvey, "that is foolish conduct, and very +wicked. You are giving way to anger and revenge, two of the worst +passions that a youth can indulge." + +"But, father, they will eat more trees." + +"The damage that a few locusts can do, is not much," answered his +father; "and if we had taken proper care with the fig tree, they would +not have reached it. Let those under your hat go, and when we go into +the house, I will tell you about the locusts of the Eastern countries, +of which you might kill as many as you chose, if you were there." John +did as his father bade him, and said he was sorry for having acted so +foolishly. Then Mr. Harvey trimmed the fig tree with his knife, and said +he would send a servant to place a screen over it. When they came to the +house, John reminded his father of his promise concerning the locusts. +Mr. Harvey took from a shelf several large pictures of insects, and +laying one on the table, asked his son what he thought it was. + +"It looks like a large grasshopper," said John. + +"It is the locust of the East," replied his father. "These locusts are +shaped almost exactly like the long-winged grasshoppers that fly about +our fields; but they are two or three times larger. What do you think +this picture is?" + +"It seems to be a great cloud of dust." + +"It is a swarm of Eastern locusts. Hundreds of thousands fly thus +together, darkening the air, and driving every thing before them. When +alighting they cover the earth for more than a mile round, and eat every +green thing to the very roots. The noise of their wings is like thunder. +They leave the country like a desert, so that the terrified people look +forward to misery and famine. Men, women, and children, turn out with +guns and stones, to kill them; and sometimes large fires are kindled for +the same purpose. The dead ones are taken by cart loads to markets, and +sold for food." + +"To be eaten, sir!" said Samuel. + +"Yes," replied Mr. Harvey, "mixed with butter, and fried in a pan, they +form almost all the meat that the poorer classes in those countries +get." + +"Its a shocking meal" said John. + +"Not so bad as you suppose," said his father. "Perhaps, if it were not +the custom in this country to eat lobsters or hogs, we would look upon +them with as much disgust as you do upon locusts. What do you think of +dining off of spiders?" + +"Horrible," said John. His father continued: + +"I have read of a man who ate nothing else, when he could get spiders. +So you see that people's tastes differ. You know that John Baptist's +food was locusts and wild honey." + +"Do the people kill all the locusts in a swarm?" asked Thomas. + +"No," said his father, "a swarm is so large that after hundreds of cart +loads are taken from it, it seems no smaller. Generally, the wind drives +them into the sea, where they perish. But their dead bodies, cast upon +shore, become corrupt, and produce plagues." + +"I wish," said John, "that the wind would drive all we have into the +sea, or else a good distance from our fig tree. Who would think that +such little animals could do so much mischief." + +"Is it true that locusts return after every seventeen years?" asked +Samuel. + +"Yes," said Mr. Harvey; "but not the common kind, such as ate the fig +tree. All locusts come from eggs. In first coming from the egg, they are +not winged, but look like grub worms. After a while these grubs cast off +their skins, and become locusts. Now, there is a kind of locust which is +seventeen years in changing from the egg to the full insect It is this +kind which is so numerous every seventeen years. If you go into the +field when they are coming from the ground, you will see the grass and +plants covered with them." + +"Father," said John, "why did the locusts strip all the leaves from the +fig tree, without touching any of the flowers or bushes around?" + +"I suppose," said Mr. Harvey, "it is because the fig tree is very +tender. It comes, you know, from warm countries, and is there the proper +food of the locust. Had there been figs on the tree, they would, no +doubt, have been eaten also." + + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + +THE RETURN HOME. + + +A few days after this conversation, a large fox came, in the evening, +into Mr. Harvey's barn yard; but as a dog belonging to one of the +farmers was near, he was driven off before he could catch any of the +chickens. The boys heard the noise, and ran down. They saw the fox +running very fast away, while the dog, which could not follow through +the hole under the fence, had gone round the barn, to get into the +field. Samuel and his cousins chased the fox as far as they could see +it, and then returned to the barn yard to hunt for more. But none could +be found, and they walked up to the house. + +[Illustration: THE FOX.] + +At last the month of August rolled around, and the holidays drew toward +a close. I have told you only about a few things that Samuel saw in his +walks around the country with his cousins; but you perceive that he +enjoyed himself very much. He also learned a great deal. I hope, +children, that you have also learned something by reading this book. +Samuel tried to remember all that his uncle and cousins told him, and +often thought of it when he was by himself. It would be well if you +would do the same. Have you a little brother, or sister? See if you can +tell it what Mr. Harvey told Samuel about bats, locusts, rivers, the +rain, and sloths. You may also tell the story of Alice Gray, and old +Jack the Soldier. + +You remember that Samuel was to go home at the end of August. Thomas and +John looked very sorrowful as the time drew near; for they loved their +cousin very much, and wished that he could stay with them altogether. On +the last evening, Mr. Harvey took all the boys to a branch of the river +about seven miles off, to enjoy a sail in a boat, on the water. It was a +beautiful moonlight evening, and they rode to the place in a carriage. +Samuel thought that the sight of the water, sparkling in the moon-beams, +and stretching away so wide and still, with the dark bushes on each +side, was the finest thing he had yet seen. When they were in the middle +of the stream, and gliding slowly down it, Mr. Harvey and his sons +joined in singing some simple song; and as they had brought plenty of +food with them, they staid on the water until midnight. + +Next morning, Samuel started for town, at nine o'clock. He had received +many beautiful and useful things from his cousins, and as he pressed +their hands, and again and again, bade them good bye, he felt how much +he would miss their company when he would be in the city. But they +promised to write to each other, and as often as they could, send +presents from one to another. 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