The Admiral's Caravan

s, and as Dorothy looked up at the little stone house she saw that it had

n through the archway to see what the ferry was like and where it took people, but, to her surprise, instead of coming out at the water side, she came into a strange,

FFERENT FROM MINE, AN

rt of paper bag on his head with "FERRYMAN" written across the front of it; and as Dorothy a

a large cake. It was nearly as big as a saucer, and was marked "ONE BISKER"; and as this seemed to show that it had some value, she handed it to the ferryman. The Stork turned it over several times rather suspiciously, and then, taki

, looking down at them to see i

ferent from mine, any

ery earnestly, "I couldn't sit

ke of his head, "but you couldn't collect fares with 'em, to save

ople's legs," and she was gazing down again in a puzzled way at her little black stockings when she heard a c

said this in a sort of husky whisper, and as Dorothy looked up at him it seemed

STENING TO AN ENOR

ctly what it was for," sh

aid the Stork. "I suppose you don't want to go over the ferry?" he add

" said Dorothy,

anywhere that it ever gets to. Perhaps you'd li

rothy politely. "I'd

is called 'A Ferry Tale'"; and, giving an

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your health

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arewell with a

ut of it?" inquired

f it," said Dorothy, staring

ved. "I've been at it for years and years, and I've never made sixpence

g made this wise resolution, she was just turning to go back through the archway when the door of the house flew open and a little stream of water ran out upon the pavement. This was immediately followed by ano

LAIMED, 'HERE COMES

treet. There was a corner cupboard full of crockery, and two spinning-wheels, and a spindle-legged table set out with a blue-and-white tea-set and some cups and saucers, and finally a carved sideboard which made two or three clumsy attempts to get through the doorway broadside on, and then took a fresh start, and came through endwise with a great flourish. All of these thing