. Book of the Royal blue . luerthan before, had gathered quickly in theopening left by this knight of oldentunes, as he seated himself. THE SHADES OF MANNAHATTA. As though propelled by a great gustof wind the smoke unraveled itself intothe form of another guest entirely unlikeany of his predecessors, as there was asuggestion of the modern about himwhich was not possessed by the othershades. Friends and fellow countrymen !said the fourth shade as he laid his stovepipe hat upon the floor, and thrust hisright hand into the breast of his waist-coat, raising his left as though he were with the Indi
. Book of the Royal blue . luerthan before, had gathered quickly in theopening left by this knight of oldentunes, as he seated himself. THE SHADES OF MANNAHATTA. As though propelled by a great gustof wind the smoke unraveled itself intothe form of another guest entirely unlikeany of his predecessors, as there was asuggestion of the modern about himwhich was not possessed by the othershades. Friends and fellow countrymen !said the fourth shade as he laid his stovepipe hat upon the floor, and thrust hisright hand into the breast of his waist-coat, raising his left as though he were with the Indians; Lord Baltimore, withhis ancestry shining through himfrom his curly locks and knightly beard,to the flaps on his clumsy boots ; and,last, but by no means least, the Senator,bubbling with bluster and Stuyvesant was a jolly had invited his four distinguishedneighbors of shadeland to celebrate withhim an event which made him proud,on this memorable Christmas eve. Thewooden peg, which served him as. going to make a speech. Pray beseated, said Peter, rising, with a sug-gestion of temper in his accent. The last vestige of smoke had disap-peared with the arrival of this last it had blown away with hisentrance or had consumed itself in hisdevelopment was a conjecture. But,it had disappeared, and in its placewere the filmy, transparent figures ofPeter Stuyvesant and his four guests—Wouter Van Twiller, the blue stockingKnickerbocker; William Penn, silentand pensive, he of the famous treaty a leg, struck heavily on the oaken flooras he stumped about the room servingeach of his guests with a great earthenmug of beer. Stuyvesants select little group ofshades were not a very boisterous crowdfor a Christmas Eve celebration. Per-haps they were a little ante-dated; or,were fearful lest they would arousesome of the celebrated anger thatPeter could stir up. When Peter wasin the flesh, most of his time was con-sumed in solving knotty problems, andthat,
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