The Admiral's Caravan

ng the other furniture as if it had never been at sea before, and finally bringing up against the tea-table wit

cle he had ever seen, as indeed she probably was. Sometimes he waited until the sideboard had floated some distance past him as if to see how it looked, gazed at from behind; and then Dorothy would catch sight of him again far ahead, peering out from behind a chimney, as if to get a front view of the perfor

drifting toward her. As it came nearer it proved to be Mrs. Peevy's big umbrella upside down, with a little party of people sitting around on the edge of it with their feet against the handle, and, to Dorothy's amazement, she knew every one of them. There was the Admiral, staring about with his spy-glass, and Sir

'THERE SHE IS! I CAN S

hurriedly pointing his spy-glass at Dorothy so that the end of it almost touched her nose, exclaimed

Sir Walter, as if he had had her unde

said Dorothy, mournfully. "I

dmiral, cheerfully. "We

aimed Dorothy, ve

, appealing to the rest of the party; but no one said anything except the Highland

plained Dorothy, "but I don't th

," shouted Sir Walter. "T

iral, flaring up. "Why, I mean more

could mean in a month," retorted Sir

the Highlander, proudly; but no one took any notice

very firmly, "You're a pig!" at which the Highlander again consulted his watch, a

ir Walter, angrily. "If it c

at all this. "What makes you all quarrel

another, if that will do a

persons to be ashamed of," added Sir Wa

said Dorothy. "I mean that each one o

ns already," said the Admiral, peevishly. "I s

r self." This remark sounded very fine indeed, and Dorothy felt so pleased with herself for having made it th

at her with great admiration for a moment, and then began to give a little cheer; but just at this instant the umbrella made a

ted Sir Walter, as they all scrambled to the

ho had suddenly become very pale. "You se

ef go to sea in a toast-rack. Why don't you bring her head up

miral, despairingly; "s

re!" roared Sir W

talk about going ashore. In fact, it was a most exciting moment. The air was filled with flying spray, and the paragondola dashed ahead faster and faster, until at last Dorothy could no longer hear the sound of the voices, and she could just see that they were throwing the big watch