StNicholas . l88i. ONE DAY ON A r)r:SKRT ISLAND. 51. TOMMV {WHO HAS INSISTED UPON WEARING HIS NEW SUIT TO CHURCH ON THANKS-GIVING DAV):—jingo! here comes THE PLATE, AND I VE LEFTTHAT NICKEL IN MV OTHER KNICKERBOCKERS ! ONE DAY ON A DESERT ISLAND. By Danikl C. Beard. It was the 30th of May, and the waters of thegreat ocean rose and fell slowly, regularly, as if oldAtlantic were gently slumbering. The sun hadnot yet appeared, but the rose color that tingedthe mist along the eastern horizon betrayed hisambush. A slight haze rendered objects at a dis-tance somewhat indistinct, softening and almost
StNicholas . l88i. ONE DAY ON A r)r:SKRT ISLAND. 51. TOMMV {WHO HAS INSISTED UPON WEARING HIS NEW SUIT TO CHURCH ON THANKS-GIVING DAV):—jingo! here comes THE PLATE, AND I VE LEFTTHAT NICKEL IN MV OTHER KNICKERBOCKERS ! ONE DAY ON A DESERT ISLAND. By Danikl C. Beard. It was the 30th of May, and the waters of thegreat ocean rose and fell slowly, regularly, as if oldAtlantic were gently slumbering. The sun hadnot yet appeared, but the rose color that tingedthe mist along the eastern horizon betrayed hisambush. A slight haze rendered objects at a dis-tance somewhat indistinct, softening and almostobliterating the line where sky and ocean met. Abreeze so gentle as scarcely to ripple the surfaceof the water fanned the cheeks of three boysstanding in a small cat-boat, gazing eagerly aheadtoward a low island. Had you seen the boys, you would at once havenoted something familiar in their general appear-ance, and could scarcely have failed to recognizethem as old acquaintances, for who does not know Tom, Dick, and Harry ? You would also soonhav
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