CHAPTER II. 

CAUGHT BY THE TIDE. 

JACK ran home. 

"I thought you would have been in by two o'clock, Jack," his mother said reproachfully, "so as to see Lily before she went off to school again." 

"So I should have done, mother, but I had to stick at the work until we had finished up to the water-line. Uncle Ben thought it was not worth while knocking off." 

Jack's meal of bread and bacon was soon finished, then he waited a little until Lily had returned from school. 

"Come on, Lil," he said, "I have been waiting to take you out with me." 

"Be in by six," Mrs. Robson said. 

"All right, mother! We are only just going down to the shore." 

Near the little coast-guard station they came upon Bill Corbett. 

"Can you come to-morrow, Jack?" 

"Yes; uncle has agreed to do without me. What time are you going to start?" 

"We will go out as late as we can, Jack. We can get down the creek till three anyhow, so at three o'clock you be ready down here." 

"Joe is going, I suppose?" 

"Oh, yes, he does to carry the cockles to the boat while we scrape them out. That is a nice bawley, that new one there; she only came in this tide. That is the boat Tom Parker has had built at Brightlingsea. He expects she is going to beat the fleet. She will want to be a rare good one if she does, and I don't think Tom is the man to get the most out of her anyhow."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Which person ran home?
2. Which person hurried home?
3. 
Q2:
1. At what time should Jack had been home?
2. By when should Jack had been home?
3. 
Q3:
1. For what reason did Jack have to be home?
2. Jack should have been home to see whom?
3. 
Q4:
1. What did Jack have to eat?
2. What was Jack’s meal?
3. 
Q5:
1. Who was being waited by Jack?
2. Who did Jack wait for?
3. 
Q6:
1. What is the name of Jack’s mom?
2. What is Jack’s mom called?
3. 
Q7:
1. What place did Jack and his mom go to?
2. To where did Jack and his mom make their way?
3. 
Q8:
1. Who did Jack and his mom see?
2. Who did Jack and his mom encounter?
3. 
Q9:
1. Which person is going?
2. What person is going?
3. 
Q10:
1. What day will Jack come?
2. What day will Jack go?
3. 
Q11:
1. What will be done by Joe?
2. What will Joe undertake?
3. 
Q12:
1. To whom belongs the boat?
2. Who does the boat belong to?
3. 
Q13:
1. What is expected by Tom Parker?
2.  What does Tom Parker await?
3. 
Q14:
1. At what time are Jack and Joe expected?
2. What time are they supposed to be there?
3. 
