. Dream days . ially pleasing to me, A SAGA OF THE SEAS III who am naturally inclined to be tongued-tied withwomen. But at last ceremony was over, and wesat on the table and swung our legs and agreed tobe fast friends. And I showed her my latestknife—one-bladed, horn-handled, terrific, hunground my neck with string ; and she showed methe chiefest treasures the ship contained, hiddenaway in a most private and particular locker—amusical box with a glass top that let you see theworks, and a railway train with real lines and areal tunnel, and a tin ironclad that followed amagnet, and was ever so m
. Dream days . ially pleasing to me, A SAGA OF THE SEAS III who am naturally inclined to be tongued-tied withwomen. But at last ceremony was over, and wesat on the table and swung our legs and agreed tobe fast friends. And I showed her my latestknife—one-bladed, horn-handled, terrific, hunground my neck with string ; and she showed methe chiefest treasures the ship contained, hiddenaway in a most private and particular locker—amusical box with a glass top that let you see theworks, and a railway train with real lines and areal tunnel, and a tin ironclad that followed amagnet, and was ever so much handier in manyrespects than the real full-sized thing that stilllay and applauded in the offing. There was high feastingthat night in my cabin. Weinvited the captain of theman - of - war — one couldhardly do less, it seemedto me — and the Princesstook one end of the tableand I took the other, andthe captain was very kindand nice, and told us fairy-stories, and asked us bothto come and stay with him. 112 DREAM DAYS next Christmas, and promised we should havesome hunting, on real ponies. When he leftI gave him some ingots and things, and sawhim into his boat ; and then I went round theship and addressed the crew in several setspeeches, which moved them deeply, and withmy own hands loaded up the carronade withgrape-shot till it ran over at the mouth. Thisdone, I retired into the cabin with the Princess,and locked the door. And first we started themusical box, taking turns to wind it up ; and thenwe made toffee in the cabin-stove ; and then weran the train round and round the room, andthrough and through the tunnel ; and lastly weswam the tin ironclad in the bath, with the soap-dish for a pirate. Next morning the air was rich with spices,porpoises rolled and gambolled round the bows,and the South Sea Islands lay full in view (theywere the real South Sea Islands, of course—notthe badly furnished journeyman islands that areto be perceived on the map). As for the pirate
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