CHAPTER V. 

THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. 

Marco took dinner that day at the tavern alone, and, after dinner, he carried a cup of tea to Forester,--but Forester was asleep, and so he did not disturb him. 

In the afternoon he went out to play. He amused himself, for half an hour, in rambling about the tavern yards and in the stables. There was a ferocious-looking bull in one of the yards, chained to a post, by means of a ring through his nose. Marco looked at the bull a few minutes with great interest, and then began to look about for a long stick, or a pole, to poke him a little, through the fence, to see if he could not make him roar, when, instead of a pole, his eye fell upon a boy, who was at work, digging in a corner of a field near, behind the barn. 

The boy's name was Jeremiah. He was digging for worms for bait. He was going a fishing. Marco determined to go with him. 

Jeremiah furnished Marco with a hook and a piece of sheet lead to make a sinker of, and Marco had some twine in his pocket already; so that he was soon fitted with a line. But he had no pole. Jeremiah said that he could cut one, on his way down to the river, as they would pass through a piece of woods which had plenty of tall and slender young trees in it. 

He succeeded in getting a pole in this manner, which answered very well; and then he and Jeremiah went down to the river. They stood upon a log on the shore, and caught several small fishes, but they got none of much value, for nearly half an hour. At last, Jeremiah, who was standing at a little distance from Marco, suddenly exclaimed: 
What was the boy's name?
What was he digging for?
What did he need them for?
Who was going to go with him?
What did Marco have in  his pocket?
Where did he get a hook?
What did he make out of a piece of sheet lead?
What did he use to make a rod out of?
Where did they go to fish?
What did they use as a platform to fish from?
Did they catch any fish?
How many?
What size?
For how long?
Is that how long Marco played by himself before he met Jeremiah?
Where had he roamed as he played during that time?
What scary beast did he see in one of the yards?
How was it affixed to the pole?
How?
What was Marco going to do to the bull once he found a stick or pole?
Jeremiah.

The boy's name was Jeremiah. 
worms
. He was digging for worms for bait.
fishing
He was going a fishing
. Marco
. Marco determined to go with him. 
twim
 Marco had some twine in his pocket already
Jeremiah
Jeremiah furnished Marco with a hook 
a sinker
a piece of sheet lead to make a sinker of, 
a tree
But he had no pole. Jeremiah said that he could cut one, on his way down to the river, as they would pass through a piece of woods which had plenty of tall and slender young trees in it. 
the river
he and Jeremiah went down to the river.
a log
They stood upon a log on the shore, 
yes
caught several small fishes,
several
caught several small fishes
small
caught several small fishes
nearly half an hour
 for nearly half an hour
yes
 He amused himself, for half an hour,
tavern yards and in the stables.
 He amused himself, for half an hour, in rambling about the tavern yards and in the stables. 
a bull
There was a ferocious-looking bull in one of the yards,
chained
 chained to a post, by means of a ring through his nose
chained to a post, by means of a ring through his nose.
chained to a post, by means of a ring through his nose. 
poke him
 began to look about for a long stick, or a pole, to poke him a little,