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THE RED BUOY
69
Ah! this would be something to show to the boys
at school. How he would blow and play on it.
How awfully good to him this man was!
Johnny would like to ask him to take his
greeting to those two boys. So Johnny pointed
to the picture over the hammock, then to
himself, and then far out over the sea, with his
little arm stretched at full length. There! the
man must surely understand anything as plain
as that.
At this moment one of the sailors came to
take Johnny Blossom up on deck again, for the
row boat was going to the shore and Johnny was
to go in it. He shook hands with all the sailors
and bowed and said "Thank you." When he
was in the row boat, the ship’s deck was full of
grimy-faced men, who stretched over the
railing to look down at him.
Johnny Blossom swung his cap, then suddenly
remembering his whistle, took that out and blew
it hard. Then he laughed heartily and blew it
once more. All the black faces up at the railing
laughed also. After this farewell the boat was
rowed to the shore and Johnny Blossom was
soon running up the street.
Then began all the hue and cry. First,
Squire Levorson stopped him. "What in the
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