. St. Nicholas [serial] . His headwas cappedwith a rubycolored tam-o-shanter witha yellow feath-er. To com-plete his ex-traordinary ap-pearance, hewas only aboutfifteen incheshigh. As soon ashe was clearlyvisible he de-scended fromthe fireplace,and came for-ward to whereElfie sat on Mr. Kromes knee. He took off hiscap with a low bow, and said most politely, Atyour service, my lady. What is your will ? HE TOOK OFF HIS CAP AND SAID POLITELY, AT YOUR SERVICE, MY LADY. WHAT IS YOUR WILL i i89i.; ELFIE S VISIT TO CLOUDLAND AND THE MOON. 223 Trick, the Second. what e-ma-ji-na-shun told elfie about h
. St. Nicholas [serial] . His headwas cappedwith a rubycolored tam-o-shanter witha yellow feath-er. To com-plete his ex-traordinary ap-pearance, hewas only aboutfifteen incheshigh. As soon ashe was clearlyvisible he de-scended fromthe fireplace,and came for-ward to whereElfie sat on Mr. Kromes knee. He took off hiscap with a low bow, and said most politely, Atyour service, my lady. What is your will ? HE TOOK OFF HIS CAP AND SAID POLITELY, AT YOUR SERVICE, MY LADY. WHAT IS YOUR WILL i i89i.; ELFIE S VISIT TO CLOUDLAND AND THE MOON. 223 Trick, the Second. what e-ma-ji-na-shun told elfie about him-self, the wonderful ride to cloud-land in a wreath of castle in the LFIE wasnot a bitfrightened,b u tlooked up at to tell her what to say. He hadalready nodded familiarly to the old gentleman,and said in answer to his question : First tell this young lady a little aboutyourself, and then take her on a visit to the Realm of Fancy. The little old mans eyes glowed and twinkledmerrily as he sat down on a hot coal and placedone little foot on the second bar of the began to talk in a quaint, funny little voicewhich sounded for all the world like ashesdropping from the fire. My name, my dear, is E-ma-ji-na-shun, andI am six thousand years old or older. I have lost track of my birthday for a long time, but Iam just as old as the world. I am the King ofthe Realm of Fancy, or Cloudland. Indeed Icreated it, as well as all the people who livein it. I have been acquainted with all thegreat people that ever lived; and, long after theyhave died and the history of them has beenwritten, the historians who have lived at alater period have had to come
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