24 THE SWAN AND HER CREW. 



difficulties fast presented themselves, and cost them no little 

 thought to overcome. When they had got the two pontoons 

 and the flooring done, they fell short of cash, and for two or 

 three days they went about very disconsolately, until Dick in- 

 formed them that his father's gardener was about to demolish 

 a summer-house in the garden, and that they might have the 

 wood. This enabled them to make the cabin, and by dint of 

 keeping their eyes open, and picking up every scrap of wood 

 or iron, and every nail or screw which they came across, they 

 got along pretty well until Frank's quarter-day came, and he 



A YARMOUTH YAWL. 



received his allowance of pocket-money. Mr. Merivale, who 

 of course soon found out what they were after, laughingly said 

 that they went about with such greedy eyes, and looked so 

 suspiciously at everything, that he was afraid they might take a 

 fancy to some part of him, as being useful for some part of 

 their boat. 



At last they had everything ready but the sails, and then 

 they had an unexpected stroke of good luck. Dick discovered 

 in an old lumber loft, a complete set of sails belonging to a yawl- 

 rigged yacht which was formerly the property of his grand- 



