if I can, and raise the _Woodville_ with them."

"How are you going to manage with them?" asked Ethan, deeply
interested in the plan.

"Sink them round the boat, and fasten them to her hull, till there
is enough to float her."

"But how are you going to sink them?"

"There's some one to go over the ferry," replied Lawry, as a blast
of the tin horn was heard. "If you will go over with me, I will tell
you all about it, and we will call and see Mr. Nelson while we are at
Pointville."

Ethan embarked with his friend, and when the boat started the
subject was resumed.




CHAPTER VIII


RAISING THE "WOODVILLE"


Ethan French, during the two years he had been a resident of the
State of New York, had been an earnest and diligent student. His mind
was even more improved than his manners. His taste for mechanics had