The collier's family had lived down the demon, and changed him into
an angel.


The Christmastide passed, but for days afterward the story of the forest
family that lived down all the evil in them and turned it into an angel,
haunted the mind of little Sky-High.

"I will tell that story, mistress," he said one day, "at the Feasts in
my Country of the Crystal Sea."

"And to whom will you tell it, Sky-High?" asked Mrs. Van Buren.

"The Mandarin of the Crystal Sea is not deaf, mistress. Sky-High will
tell it to him."




XV.

IN THE HOUSE-BOY'S CARE.


Lucy and Charles were full of joy when it was fully decided that they
were to be taken on a voyage around the world. They spent whole evenings
with Sky-High, tracing the route on the maps and globes. They would go
by the way of San Francisco or Vancouver, and thence to Canton. They
were to visit Sky-High's land first of all.