I'll admit it 'pears strange to me, too, but who are you an' me, Jim Hart, to question the ways of foreign countries, thousands o' miles on the other side o' the sea ?" "They've found the boat," said Tom Ross, "an' that's enough!" "Is it really true ?" asked Mrs.Newton.
"It is," replied Shif'less Sol, "an' Henry an' Paul are in it, waitin' fur us.

We're thinkin', Mrs.Newton, that the roughest part of your trip is over." In another five minutes all were in the boat, which was a really fine one, and they were delighted.

Mary Newton for the first time broke down and wept, and no one disturbed her.

The five spread the blankets on the bottom of the boat, where the children soon went to sleep once more, and Tom Ross and Shif'less Sol took the oars.
"Back in a boat ag'in," said the shiftless one exultantly.

"Makes me feel like old times.