Chapter 5

THE ROGUE'S WHARF.

"All Abroad"--The Quagmire--Proposal to build a Wharf--The Heap of Stones--Plan to steal them--Time set in the Evening--The Plan executed--The Wharf done--Keeping the Secret--Benjamin's Father finds him out--Benjamin in a tight place--Promises to do better--How the Boys were found out--Benjamin's Reading Habits--What Books liked--Mather's "Essays to Do Good"--Letter to Mather's Son--Boys should be at Home in Evenings--Advantage of Reading--Letter to a Girl on the Subject 44-54