. Book of the Royal blue . Ted his scene changed and the figure wasswallowed up in the earth; and the oldman leaned back in his chair again,assuming his former intense gaze. Awar whoop arose from a little band ofred figures, appearing on the island,and William Penn mechanically leanedforward and pacified the little group sant became enraged. Forgetting thathe was nothing but a thin vaporousspook himself, vainly gesticulated andfumed, shaking his fists at the figuresbefore him. Then there was a battle. The littlefigure with a wooden leg had been hardhit and then it disappeared from the
. Book of the Royal blue . Ted his scene changed and the figure wasswallowed up in the earth; and the oldman leaned back in his chair again,assuming his former intense gaze. Awar whoop arose from a little band ofred figures, appearing on the island,and William Penn mechanically leanedforward and pacified the little group sant became enraged. Forgetting thathe was nothing but a thin vaporousspook himself, vainly gesticulated andfumed, shaking his fists at the figuresbefore him. Then there was a battle. The littlefigure with a wooden leg had been hardhit and then it disappeared from themap. At this Peters vengeance cooledand he again became absorbed in themap. The rapid transition the little town of Communipaw ■. with a single glance. The little villagegrew and new figures appeared. Thewater which originally contained onlythe queer Dutch ships and Indiancanoes, now had bigger ships of a for-eign make. Old Peter, like his guests, had re-mained silent during all the strangeminiature pantomine. Suddenly loudnoises as from afar, arose from the littlesettlement and undoubtedly the formof Peter himself was plainly seen in themidst of the assembled citizens of thetown. At the sight of it old Stuyve- remained dormant, the Island was grow-ing with settlements. The harbor andrivers filled with vessels. The littleIndian villages were driven off theisland. Thicker and thicker appearedthe houses; streets upon streets wereportioning out the land. Soon theisland was filled up and settlements ap-peared on each side of the wide noises increased. Then the build- THE SHADES (>/■ 1/ tNN /// / TTA. ings grew taller and the church steepleshigher. A great bridge spanned the riverfrom the southeast co
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