impish tricks on decent folk.'

'You're the wickedest man that's living, I'm sure!' cried Nancy
wrathfully. 'Why, he was undoing you when you woke up, which was very
kind of him. I wish he'd left you tied up, I do!'

But Farmer Green, with a grim smile of satisfaction, soon settled her in
the same fashion as he had done the boy; and then, picking up his
fishing-basket, strode away, calling out, 'Ye'll bide there my time, ye
young limbs of mischief! It's only serving like ye serve!'

'Button-boy, did he hurt you?' asked Nancy anxiously; for all this time
Teddy had not said a word.

He turned his head and looked at her. 'I feel shooken up dreadful, he's
so awful strong; but I'm not very hurt, only I'm sorry, and I've been
telling my Captain about it, and asking Him to forgive me.'

'Shall we stay here all the evening and all the night?'

'Oh no! he'll come and let us go soon. It isn't fair on you, for you
didn't do anything.'

'I laughed at him, and I wanted you to leave him tied up. But I don't
care, it doesn't hurt. You haven't told me ever what I asked you about
Jesus' sailors. Tell me now, because I want to belong to your Captain,
and I'm not going to be a soldier.'

'I did ask mother, and she said sailors were soldiers, they were sea
soldiers. You'll have to be a soldier, I expect.'