licorice water."

But he soon forgot all about the bottles and the licorice water, and
the bad Doctor Pipp with the tall hat and the fur collar, and the Red
Indian, too, for, as they rode along by the River, the Moon was up,
and seemed to be riding along with them--never getting ahead or
behind, just keeping even with Hal the Red Roan. And Marmaduke loved
to go riding or walking with a great yellow moon. Besides, the Toyman
told them a story, as he had promised--and a nice one it was--so the
little boy fell asleep.

But I wouldn't say that they never dreamed about that fur collar, and
the tall hat, and the Indian, and all those bottles.

It's just possible that they did.




X

WHEN JEHOSOPHAT FORGOT HIS PIECE


There was much excitement in the Red Schoolhouse. Examinations were
over; books laid aside. And the walls re-echoed to thrilling
sounds,--to happy voices and shuffling feet, to poetry, marches, and
songs. They were practising for Commencement, for Closing Day. And at
home the parents were busy, too, making white dresses and sashes for
the girls, buying new suits for the boys in town, or making some over