I 



CARRYING TIMBER. 



not only to be lifted up, but carried away — so 

 Harry's thought was a bad one. 



Amelia and Harriet both thought that it 

 would be cut to pieces as it lay^ and then it 

 would be easy enough to carry the boards. 



I think/' said Mr. Longhurst^ that the 

 best w^ay for us will be to move ourselves to the 

 spot, and see what is actually going forward." 



They all, therefore, set out, each sufficiently 

 eager to see how^ the thing was really done ; 

 and each, perhaps, entertaining a distant hope 

 that his or her plan would be, at last, the one 

 nearest the truth. No doubt, it is very grati- 

 fying to be able to say — There, you see, I 

 was right ! I told you how it would be !" It 

 is better, however, when persons are less anx- 

 ious to see their own opinions thus honoured. 

 They are more likely to form a right judgment, 

 when they have no wish but to know the truth. 



