and Jib, Bowsprit, Cutwater, Mizzen, Maintop, Bul'ark, Gunnel, Anchor,
Chain, Block, Squall, Topmast, and Stern; the "Mary Ellen"; and the
mules, to say "Goodbye" to. Just before he went ashore the Round Fat
Rosy Woman gave him his clothes back, for they were all dry by that
time, and she stuffed something in his pocket besides. And what do you
think it was? A toy anchor and chain that would just fit the "White
Swan," the ship the Toyman had made him.

So he rode home with Mr. Ruralfree'liv'ry and all his sacks of mail.
But he kept turning his head for a long while to watch the Man With
the Red Shirt and the Pipe, and the Round Fat Rosy Woman, and the
Thirteen Children, and all the little pairs of pants that seemed to be
waving farewell to him. But soon the "Mary Ellen" drifted out of
sight. She was a good boat, the "Mary Ellen."

He almost felt like crying, for he would have liked to have gone on
that voyage to see the rest of the world. But, after all, he had seen
a great deal of it, and he had that anchor and chain.




VI

TWO O' CAT


It was hard to be called a "kid"--harder still to be left out of the
game. And, besides, it wasn't fair. Marmaduke knew he could catch that
ball as well, and hit it as often as any of them.