Chapter 12 SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT-

"A wet sheet and a flowing sea,

A wind that follows fast-"

Phil Merryweather was singing as he brought his boat about. "Slacken your sheet, Peggy! easy-that's right! a half-hitch-look here, young lady! I believe you have been humbugging us all; don't tell me you never sailed a boat before!"

"Never in all my life!" said Peggy, looking up jo