n the village. The crowd roared in approbation of the home thrust and
the man, hastily elbowed his way through the crowd until he was beyond
hearing.

A number of small boats ascended the river from Lowell to meet Paul, and
he accepted an invitation from the Vesper Boat Club, of that city, to
land at their club house, which he did at five o'clock. He remained over
Sunday in Lowell and resumed the journey Monday morning. He shot
Hunt's falls in safety and there met a steam launch with newspaper men
from Lawrence, aboard. At Lawrence the river begins to be affected by
the tide, on account of which he was compelled to wait until four
o'clock next morning before continuing the trip. He made a landing
at daylight at a frame house over the door of which was painted the word
"confectionery" and he thought he could get some breakfast. He was
given a room, but it was soon filled with obtrusive questioners. A
farmer, seeing the look of hunger in his eyes, volunteered to
procure some breakfast. The Captain was prepared to do justice to the
kind of a meal he had been wishing for, when the farmer returned
with a genuine country breakfast consisting of several pieces of apple
and mince pie and a liberal supply of assorted pickles. It was fortunate
for Boyton's digestion that he was obliged to stay at that place for
five hours, owing to the flood tide.

Directly after resuming the voyage, he was met by a fleet of boats, one
of them being occupied by Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister at
Washington, and his beautiful daughter. Being old acquaintances, Paul
enjoyed a pleasant chat with them, and a few moments later, he landed at
Newburyport. The voyage was ended. He had made two hundred miles of very
rough going, in seven days.

Boyton rested but a short time ere he was ready to begin a run down the
Connecticut, the largest and most beautiful river in New England, from
as near the headwaters as he could get, to Long Island Sound. His
arrival at Stratford, New Hampshire, from which place he had decided
to start, occasioned a great deal of comment in that and neighboring
villages. The inhabitants concluded he should have more than
ordinary recognition, and in lieu of a cannon they put a pair of anvils
together and succeeded in making quite a respectable noise. At
night a deputation of citizens called on him with a request that he
would not start until daylight next morning, so t