. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE CRUISE OF THE TORTOISE The good ship Tortoise once set forth To scour the Spanish Main,To sail to east, west, south, and north And then come home , no wind would stir that boat!Indeed she lay (if we may quote An elder poets notion)As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. It is a shame, a shame indeed,Then up and spake her master,That she should show this lack ofspeed; She ought to go much faster! The mate then sighed and shook his head,Her names the Tortoise, sir, he said, And what can you expect?But if she does nt ever move. At least she wont be
. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE CRUISE OF THE TORTOISE The good ship Tortoise once set forth To scour the Spanish Main,To sail to east, west, south, and north And then come home , no wind would stir that boat!Indeed she lay (if we may quote An elder poets notion)As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. It is a shame, a shame indeed,Then up and spake her master,That she should show this lack ofspeed; She ought to go much faster! The mate then sighed and shook his head,Her names the Tortoise, sir, he said, And what can you expect?But if she does nt ever move. At least she wont be wrecked! At length, when still she failed to stir, These enterprising fellowsThey blew a mighty blast at her From out the fireside mate he blew, the master up into the wind she luffed, Upon the weather started on a three years cruise Across the tub and back!. a heading for SEPTEMBER. BY JANET BLOSSOM, AGE 17(HONOR MEMBER) St. Nicholas League E\EN the most hasty perusal of the Leacue pages thismonth will show the excellent quality and variety ofthe exhibit which our enthusiastic young artists andwriters have prepared for us; and we may be sure thatthe boys and girls who have contributed these cleverofferings, as well as their comrades whose names makeup the Special Mention List and Roll of Honor,are not looking forward with regret or apprehension tothe return of the school season amid the allurements ofthese fine September days. The drawing on this open-ing page by one of our Honor Members and several ofthe unique and spirited photographs here shown mightwell have appeared in the body of the magazine; manyof the lyrics written to The Song of the River evincea genuine poetic gift; and most of the brief stories andessays are remarkable both for ingenuity of idea andskill in expression. The text and pictures here printed,moreover, represent sc
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