. St. Nicholas [serial] . ALL aboard for the moon ! 122 A CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH THE MAN IN THE MOON. [December, gers are gathering their hand-luggage, and preparingto disembark. How in the world, or rather in themoon, this landing was ever effected, Mark does notunderstand. But there is no time now to ask ques-. EVERY MAN MUST WEAR A RESPIRATOR. tions, and he picks up his bag and follows his uncleand his cousins. The gang-plank leads out to anelevated platform, crowned with a neat little build-ing, from the cupola of which a purple-and-whiteflag, shaped and colored somewhat like a pansy,is flo
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ALL aboard for the moon ! 122 A CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH THE MAN IN THE MOON. [December, gers are gathering their hand-luggage, and preparingto disembark. How in the world, or rather in themoon, this landing was ever effected, Mark does notunderstand. But there is no time now to ask ques-. EVERY MAN MUST WEAR A RESPIRATOR. tions, and he picks up his bag and follows his uncleand his cousins. The gang-plank leads out to anelevated platform, crowned with a neat little build-ing, from the cupola of which a purple-and-whiteflag, shaped and colored somewhat like a pansy,is floating in the faint breeze. In a neat little parksurrounding the station an orderly crowd of themoon-folk are waiting. It is the brightest-colored company that Markhas ever seen. The park fairly glitters and danceswith brilliant hues. The little carriages in whichthe gentry are sitting, instead of being painteddead black, are gay with crimson and purple andgold. The little ponies themselves have coats asbright as the plumage of the birds on the earth, andthe costumes of the people are all as gay as colorcan make them. See ! exclaims Clarence ; what do theymean ? They are all waving flags, and they seemto be shouting, but they do not make any noise. No noise that you can hear, replied Mr. How-land. The atm
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