. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . g them questions. Whenthe time came to go, he thanked the good old hours whohad been so perfectly free and candid for a most en- 141 KING TIME joyable treat, which were the words his mother had toldhim to say when he went to a little neighbours birth-day party. He and his three friends, the host, the Con-tinental Imp and Mr. Three Oclock, then made theirway back to the inn, where they sat about the fire eatingcold ticklets and discussing plans for the morrow. They all tried very hard to persuade the kindly hostto go to Tickerleen with
. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . g them questions. Whenthe time came to go, he thanked the good old hours whohad been so perfectly free and candid for a most en- 141 KING TIME joyable treat, which were the words his mother had toldhim to say when he went to a little neighbours birth-day party. He and his three friends, the host, the Con-tinental Imp and Mr. Three Oclock, then made theirway back to the inn, where they sat about the fire eatingcold ticklets and discussing plans for the morrow. They all tried very hard to persuade the kindly hostto go to Tickerleen with them on the morning train,and he finally yielded, to their arguments and said thathe would accompany them on their visit to the capitalcity. And now, said the kindly landlord it is time towind you up. So they all rose and the host accom-panied the little boy to his room, where he actuallydid wind the little fellow very comfortably up in asoft quilt, with Roman numerals worked all over it,and then betaking himself to his own apartment wassoon fast 142
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