once, on the deep blue sea. But he had to give it up after he was
married, 'cause he couldn't take his family on a ship. We had a lot of
trouble finding names for the children started to call 'em Mary and
Daniel and such, but the names ran out. So, seeing my husband was so
fond of the sea, we decided to call 'em after the parts of a ship, not
a canalboat, but the sailing ships that go out to sea--that is, all
but Squall.

"Now that's Jib there, driving the mules, and that's Bowsprit--the one
all black from the coal. Cutwater's the girl leaning over the stern;
Maintop, the one with the three pigtails; and Mizzen, the towhead
playing with your dog."

"And what are the names of the rest?" Marmaduke asked, thinking all
this very interesting.

"Oh!" she replied. "I'll have to stop and think, there's so many of
them. Now there's Bul'ark and Gunnel--they're pretty stout; the twins,
Anchor and Chain; Squall, the crybaby; Block, the fattest of all;
Topmast, the tallest and thinnest; and Stern, the littlest. He came
last, so we named him that, seeing it's the last part of a ship.

"Now, let me think--have I got 'em all?" and she counted on her
fingers,--"Jib, Bowsprit, Cutwater, Maintop, Mizzen, Bul'ark, Gunnel,
Anchor, Chain, Block, Squall, Topmast, and Stern. Yes, that surely
makes thirteen, doesn't it? I'm always proud when I can remember 'em."

[Illustration: "The boat was shaped like a wooden shoe, and she surely
had so many children she didn't know what to do."]