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THE GQLDEN GQBLIN
or T be Flying Dutchman, junior
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A pleasant fantasy for children
based on the most fascinating of all
undying legends
-row m PROSE AND vans:
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CURTIS DUNHAM
Auzbor qfTWO IN A ZOO
AND
nu PICTURES
By
GEORGE F. KERR
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" ‘_ THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
3 PUBLISHERS
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O ALL manly little boys who are gentle
and protecting in their attitude toward little
girls; to all womanly little girls who encour-
age such little boyswith their trustfiil friend-
ship and sympathy; to all little boys and
_->' little girls who believe in the kind of enchant-
ent that rewards good thoughts and kind
deeds; and to all the happy fathers and
mothers, uncles and aunts, grandfathers and
grandmothers of such little boys and little girls, these
adventures ofjan and Gurtruida are dedicated by their
friends, the author and the illustrator





CONTENTS
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l I Master Spray’s Prophecy . . 1
II Jan Is Afraid He’s Afraid . . I3
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IV The Golden Goblin’s Chimney . .
V Domestic Life in the Neptune Family
VI On the Enchanted Island . . .
VII The Animated Anchor . . .
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IX “Go to the Golden Goblin” .
X Down, Down, Down! . . .
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XII The Coral Fire . . . .
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XIV How the Royal Spider’s Prey Escaped
XV “The Flying Dutchman, junior” .
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I The Man in Chains . . .
I Transformation of the Mermaid Princesses
I The Golden Goblin Has a Cold in His Head
I The Vigil of the Faithful F iredogs .
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CHAPTER I
MASTER sPRAY’s PROPHECY

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=35 the bosom of the South Indian
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}3diZ5¢¢ of a full moon and countless stars.
The breeze that came from the west was
so gentle that only now and then did the
blue of a wave-crest change into Foaming
¢white. The long swells, rising and falling,
lwere like a cradle rocked by a kindly hand
.to invite sweet slumber. Indeed, as though
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5 a thousandimiles from Qlan-d, two who
were little more than children slept as peace-
fully on their raft of ship’s/(Qgpars as they
» would have doine‘\‘i1i"§heir)l ds at home.
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? apely limbs,
His thick and
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They were ah girl aii‘
fair, with rou qcheely’
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ll which, as rested on his
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cask at the fooéfjof/thie raft’s shortkmast. His
broad-bri » ifiilitjilil, blacl/5/That lay his side.
ivy/igre-Eflac ~-»s7atin/ -, Jigh whim
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that no outer wraps) werej{x§e(}c»?di‘ii A.
p Presently the stirred\i“;i;ii} her sleep, and
i§_soo_£i her eyes O'P;§\Iil/€d. She sat up and rubbed €I'>zCy€S, lool<.in”§'@_ about as though frightened
hen she gazed-ilptlonthe face of the sleeping W;
youth, patt softly and smiled. His seemed r[i:§t'uneasil'y*1€@Qn.st the mast;
raised drew upon her ‘Z
shoulder, back ofihair from »
:{o;;gheaii», youth brcflthecl more deeply i 'evenl-;K,‘i”§fi;' 'stret/ghed out hi§_£i‘.-'~'-'.'bs 1-est-Q
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white crests pursuing e other, and in the
moonlight they ya§sumedvTth_e oddest shapes.
Some were like shlips in mlinvigt-re; others seemed
to be flocks of bl dsibarely resting
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like woolly l A —§a'tl,y- magnified,gamboling
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head was on %r oulde/r shelxclaimed:
“Oh, how c aitrminag/I” 6%?" Gurtruidégdi her coifipanion, ising ‘§did you;.c'all“‘rrie;?;;"Do you;-,\ a sail?”
ear]an;iZZ’gs/his/lansvweiied cons
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about tht-‘:'iEi'tld§j_“fi\;g\ure in théglf ‘alight. Soon
a put? of wind b’l"eLw the i form so close‘


to the raft that lts flowin antle caught
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“Swish, swa”"bur§t?r1Zr ubblesl” exclaimed E
the figure. Tl tép&s_i' e that you two are
alive?” Q // ' ' “Indeed sakgtéifiida. “But—
but, excuse ygh nifigdlwtelling us who l
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“and we nevergalilplbi  So lyiereq-we are, and Q
we ask your.,:l{'i\ ' £_~=§n¢¢, sir." A
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bubbles to ekplgde,/whichfghey kept on doing I
eat blfliliéhrc/y. Fihiallyihe said to Jan: ;
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shoulders shookvi iii” he o\}i1}l}ne“s;»of his figure
could not be sehg r th§\my‘riad bubbles that
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foam from his face and) s
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“At present,” replied the fantastic figure,
with a sweep of his hand toward the west, “you
had best watch that sail over there. Lower
your own sail so that the other may overtake
you. For the present, farewell.”
Gazing in the direction indicated by Master
Spray, Jan and Gurtruida saw plainly in the
moonlight the sails of a large


vessel, and its bow was toward
them. When they turned to bid
Godspeed to their fantastic friend
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IS AFRAID HE’s AFRAID
AN and Gurtruida looked
in each other’s eyes, and
then both laughed. They
were used to reading each
other’s thoughts. I r
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fl “it’s not a dream. It would
be miraculous if two per-
sons dreamed the same
dream at the same time.”
“Master Spray called our
attention to the ship,” said Jan,
pointing toward the western
horizon, “and there she is. At
least we are not dreaming now."
The ship had now approached
so near that her hull was visible
to the children on the raft. She
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fashioned»"siails,;. which si ~ raggedGGand
l patched and»§&»"iv:ere W31; i glistening in
’ the moonlight. .§".'7'v|_, iycrentihull, too, with the
overhanging dt:,.§$ Q stern/_.hiD h above the
i amidship sectionlhaid a gay color un-
like that of any J) Gurtruidéi had seen before
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§he’s the very itfiiag/;{o'f',)i ’ac~§1§hip in the
' print that hangsjin lour i1ncle’§;li ry.”
No answeiiciiiheifromJan./Gurtruida turned
; and saw himgtgariding with his back toward her.
His shouldefgfiiggieigiéeishaking. 6Gi.lrtruida did not
notice that were knocking together,
§ and she cou1:tlfi"-i‘14,<i§'_i§»—?-ie that his face was as white
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ever to be blo'.,_n/I'l>ac
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ter Spray prophesie/d6th'a'tM‘K\
all would be well/w/1/th us
in the end.” I],
“So he did,”,»"Dsaid§]‘a1_1.
He leaneQ'_/_¢_1,\gains¢tf'§he lg?“
raft’s short mlaisit with
arm protectiingl-y Gurtruida’s waist,_\,2VQhil'e:,l,i1§,I'
head rested onyhis iifigasiti
and together they _ t
the ship that was; ast over-
hauling them.,»"”iiili7rt-gently "Kn
Jan looked at the compass he carried in his?
pocket and uttered an exclamation of surprise.
“What is it, Jan?” asked Gurtruida.
“Why, the Féring Dutcfiman is sailing due
east. Her course is always westward, of course,
to round the cape. This breeze is not strong
enough to drive her back.”
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Gurtruida. Men who wo at can not
be so bad,'\Ij?iiiii‘J_’i;:V I “No,” said ]afiV;;f‘that3»d{gnTh,‘ be. All the
I tales of sailors shipvvirecltiéd ih pt‘, ocean agree
that Vanderdeckienalvv-ays keep e westward
course except w~he dape A in ,5, obeying the
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The ship W 7 at that they could see ’
quite plainly§~ ,@gh¢r hey looked 4 '
gray and AV,‘ eiltliri,-7Q§iailsi.f?iThey moved
about, and/Dpointing at the raft.
One of themistoiod apart bfgide theVVVrail on the Z
l.?i%iL,B??2B.Tfli“‘§°‘l‘?i‘;*‘/62*‘ ‘h¢ii§F?s?*B was in
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while the four sailors cast black looks upon
the children.
“Vanderdecken!” screamed the ill-favored
little man. “A double curse upon Vander-
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homes in Holland. Vanderdecken is accursedl”
As he uttered these last words Black Patch,
whose eyes were on the stairs leading up from
the lower deck, turned pale and stepped back
a pace. Jan and Gurtruida turned and saw


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THE GOLDEN GOBLIN
CHAPTER 111
THE MAN IN CHAINS
IDWAY down the steps lead-
ing to the cabin of the Ffying
Dutcfiman the children
stopped in delighted amaze-
ment. What they saw was
enough to delight and amaze
any one. Upon a carved oak
table in the center of the
room were heaps of dazzling
' gems, some pure white, others
blood-red, many of exquisite green, blue and
yellow tints, while all about the margin of the
table were strings of great pearls. In every
direction these jewels reflected the light from
a single ancient oil lamp which swung above
the table from the cross-beamed low ceiling.
The lamp itself gave but a dim light; but the
heaps of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sap-
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stones were setl\ih\kg‘old\1'ings»,and bracelets of V
f old-fashioned wdrlgiinansh .' /here were neck-
fiilaces, too,with eiflifrmou i aints ofdiamonds,iii
pearls and rul~ The; ‘V old cups filled
with unset stfi\' /Q a and antique medallions th y linh: ted with gems. The Y
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the cabin that they could see quite clearly, half
reclining on the cushioned seat, a large, bearded
man of majestic but very stern appearance.
The parrot hopped up beside the man and he
stroked its head, while gazing at Jan and Gur-
truida, not unkindly.
“Are you Captain Vanderdecken?” asked
Jan respectfully.
“ Ha, hal” laughed the man, and his_ mirth
had a bitter note in it. “Aye, aye, Captain
Vanderdecken I am, though at present not
master. Come hither, lad.”
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early ‘ffigndred ' “Hush, Jan!‘/I is He‘
defied his Maker. grow older,
never die; for _ mu;'It,.’jstriiyn=: in vain to
sail his ship homb;-$'et,‘]‘x /delIar,to us he seems
gentle and kind,.” fir
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that you sho hithler ‘we are now
bound, withgu nt./You know that
my course ~ ewa ‘1~_1‘.z'.i‘,-(j@i:‘i?1,i‘sterdam from I
Batavia in t ”§and of/_Ia°\'/ail But m men .
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canal of‘-De Lesseps, which connects the R‘Qd_ Q;-_
Sea with the Mediterranean, is a much shorter "roiite than around the cape. I—-—” » "iii--T‘ But, with a significant look, Gurtiiuidj reminded Jan‘ that the captain iofgthe Ffling Dutchman could know nothing’of this;-great modeirii achievement. Jan hung his l'reni.d,~and
Vanderdecken, after staring at hilniiigain,
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to bdflievgin ehchantment. They have»),€<i‘-‘t thel
ship’§ ediifse forithe Enchanted Isle, where (hey j
believe th'e.;' Golden Goblin’s lchimheyyeiiiierges
from the ioceap’s bottom into: the outerfv;i}orld.” The ellijdren looked at each other i€i:i'ali'l3Z€-
merit.‘ They had never heard of any “Golden Goblin.” But Captain Vanderdecken was jg
growing excited. He went on rapidly: “This island lies at latitude 21:40 south,
and longitude 83:20 east. We should reach it
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L-;-;/iy the open crater o an extinct vo cano, which
these fools of sailors call the Golden Goblin’s
chimney. They expect to clamber down it into
the palace of the Arch Enchanter, far__below
the sea, and Black Patch—the-iscoundr_ell'-g=
expects him to enchant my ship/so that it will
sail quickly home, in return for the jewels and
rich garments which I am carrying to their"
owners, Amsterdam merchants. 'Oh, the idiotsl
the scoundrelsl” ' -
Suddenly in his wrath Captain Vanderiidfiecken
roseV_to his feet and flung out his arms. There"
was -ia jangling of iron upon iron as he did so,
and for the first time the children saw that long
chains fastened to airing in the ceiling and to
his ankles and wrists, by manacles riveted fast,
held him hopelessly a prisoner in the cabin of
his own ship. At this sight _]an’s eyes flashed.
“Tell me where to find a hammer and a
chisel, sir,” he said, “and it won’t be long_before
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i “Thank llyoufmy lad,” he said. “It is‘ not
needful for me to risk embroiling your _ J
these rascals. This mutiny is only a brief ‘egr-
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sode. Soon the scoundrels will be coming to
me on their knees, and once again obi course .
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The great green parrot had hopped to the
top of the oak table. He fiapped his wings '
three times and croaked:
“We’re all accursedl” _ At thatmoment Dunken Hagen and Blut
Trinker came down the cabin stairsjidofiled
their hats, and, to the amazement of Jap‘ and
Gurtruida, bowed low to the two children. It
was Dunken Hagen who spoke to them, and
his tones were humbled, as though he stood in
awe of the little castaways.
“Black Patch, the Master, begs that you will
come on deck,” he said. _ ‘
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Jan s ear; “how polite they are.to us 5
all of a sudden.”
“I’m glad for your sake,” answered Jan.
“ Come, we must not keep Black Patch waiting.”
When they emerged upon the lower deck
they saw the whole crew assembled in two rows at
the foot of the stairs leading to the poop-deck,
where l_3lack Patch stood awaiting them. ._The
sailors stood with their caps in their hands. As
the children passed between the two ilines to
the foot of the stairs the sailors lifted their eyes
humbly, casting admiring glances at them.
Black Patch, with a smirk on his face that made
him more villainous-looking than ever, met
them at the top of the stairs. He, too, held
his cap in his hand.
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the mutineers; “at first I did Vnot‘rea11ze-willie‘
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‘¢€‘DonV’t try to deceive me,” said Black Patch,}
laughing slyly. “You are godchildren of her
Majesty the Queen of the Sea.” Gurtruida, who was very quick-witted, nudged
Jan. Asiiusual, he divined her meaning, and
answered the villain with just the right amount
of surprise in his voice. ~ ,1
“Why, how did you learn? I di-dn’t say any-
thing about it, and I’m sure Gurtruida didn’t.”
Black Patch, still smiling slyly, drew them
to the stern of the ship and pointed meaningly
over the rail. Now both Jan and Gurtruida
required all their self-restraint to repress
"' exclamations of astonishment. Only a few
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yards back of the rudder of the Ffying Dutcfi-
man, dancing blithely along in her wake, with
sail spread to the fresh breeze, was the little
raft that had borne them so safely and from
which they had lately parted with so much
regret. The top of the short mast seemed to
nod at them, as much as to say:
“Be of good cheer, children, I am still
with you.” '
“There!” exclaimed Black Patch triumph-\
antly, “now you see how I came to recognize
you. Your godmother, her Majesty the Queen
of the Sea, has enchanted your raft so that it






will follow ou in roof of
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‘A am glad, for now you can be
of great use to us.” And the
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A the raft and its nodding masthead. I L P “It must be true,” said Gurtruida...“O1Jr clear little raft could not keep __up
great shiplgunless it were enchant:-":d.'i§~ .
"“T_’wish I could believe that aboii>t"Iier
Majesty the Queen of the Sea,” said _I2.IT'WiSt- ;
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' “Ql1l"’:exclaimed Gurtruida: “l§§>, you a
-believe that we are enchanted, too?”i,i5»_i$~ 1; _, .
“Of course,”ianswered Jan. .“ Every one
knows that the Féving Dutcbman is enchanted,
and all aboard of her.” 1,! _;t,i :_» 3 ,1‘
Just then some flying bits of sea-foam moist- i
ened their faces and they heard a familiar voice:
“Swish, swash, burst my bubblesl’.’»§’>»»»
“Jan, Jan! It’s Master Spray!” said Gur-
truida in delight. “But where is he?” . _ I
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“,You can consider yourselves very fortunate.
Trust my mistress and me. lVe’// see you
y-through in first-class shape. Before the sun is
straight over-your heads, if you look to the
east, you’ll see the Golden Goblin’s chimney.
That’s where her Majesty is going to give you
an audience to-night.” y
“To-night? This very night?” said Gur-
truida eagerly. i
“Yes,’i’ said Master Spray, gathering his mantle
about him. “ Her Majesty’s social engagements
kin the most exclusive circles under the sea
occuipy most of heiutime during the day, You’ll
have to excuse me now. I promised Neptune
a sea-foam shampoo, and he hates to be kept
waiting.” I
With these words Master Spray turned a few
cartwheels and went skipping off eastward from
the top of one wave to another.
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Jan supported her with one arm. He saw
a bit frightened himself, but the sight of Gur-
truida’s pale face made him feel all at once as.
brave as a lion. A
“It will be all right, dear,” he said. “Really,
I am an awful coward, but justinoiw I have a
feeling that I can take you safely through
anything.” 1,
“I-1 think, perhaps it’s because ['15-In not
accustomed to so much enchantment: all at.
once, dear Jan,” said Gurtruida with J faint
smile.‘ “I can't.‘ help thinking about home. V, Do
you remember, Jan, dear, the song"W‘V§§,_used to
sing out in the lane under the poplars? PI think _
if we sang the dear old song once I should feel
quite cheerful again.” '~;_. ;V_<
Jan hummed reflectively for a moment, and
then their childish voices united sweetly in the
old song of their home in Holland;
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deeply. It reminded them, too, of their Hol-
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seen for so many, many years. In rough, yet not
unmusical chorus, they repeated the last refrain,
Jan and Gurtruida quickly joining with their
clear young voices. '
Suddenly, as the closing cadence died away,
one of the sailors shouted: “Avast,Ftherel‘ The Golden Gobliii’s""chim-
ney onit¥_e poripbowl” j ; jg.
_It»was7u»nnecessary for Black to raise
his telescope, The Enchanted Isle _had come
into plaiiiview,—-the low rim of its ol__d crater,
the sandy‘ beach with its semicircl"e,_-of huge
rocks tumbling into the waves at one side, its
scattering palms and grassy slopes. The sailors
danced about the deck in their glee, but Black
Patch presently threw down his telescope in a
rage. Dyke Verdomd seized the glass, leveled
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announced to the sailors in consternation:
“Bad luck, matesl It must have been an
earthquake. The whole rim of the old crater’s
caved in and stopped up the Golden Goblin’s
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chimney.
Before the sailors could utter the complaints
which mutinous sailors always make when any-
thing goes wrong, Black Patch turned to the
children and said, in a soft voice and with his
cunning smile,-
“ Little ones, we have treated you well; now
you can help us out ofour difliculty ifyou will.”

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- two have the protection of her Majesty
' tlie'iQueven of the Sea. We find ourselves in
‘K sudden ‘need of her favor, also. We__have heard
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lbeachi of yonder Enchanted Isle to-night, and
we ask you to speak well of us and beg her
grant us the same boon.” ;;
' “ That she can not fail to do,”rretu‘rned Jan,
“wheniTsl!_ey sees it is your ship which carries us
afiel-y to her." .\ i.
' BiackrPatchiԤeemed ernbarrassed. He
p scratched his head and finally explained:
-‘ “Royal favor is very uncertain, my lad. I
have reason to believe that her Majesty has a
' secret dislike for this shipand all aboard her. We
7 want you to go first and plead our cause for us.”
“(Go on ahead of the Ffying Dutc&man.9” said
;=;|§']an. “ But how?”
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Black Patch jerked his head toward the stern.
“There is your ever-faithful raft. The power J
that causes it to follow will make it lead when
you are upon it again.
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side and gently lowered the children upon it.
It seemed to rise with pride on the waves to
receive them. P
“As we arefenchanted,” said Gurtruida, “we
shall need ‘no food nor water.” . - . -
“ That is true,’\T__iansWered Jan ; F‘ recall
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either of us thought of food or drink.’§-L /I
“Oh, but-our chestsl” exclaimed Gurtruida
to Black Patch, who was leaning over the rail
with a boat-hook in his hand about to shove
the raft off. “We must have our best clothes.
What will her Majesty think? When the lVi/-
be/mina was wrecked we were wearing these
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old-fashioned things just for fun. We have
beautiful new clothes in our chests.” _
“I will take good care of your chests,” said
Black Patch, who had his own reasons for wish-
ing to retain some hold on the godchildren of
the Queen of the Sea. ' “As for her Majesty,
she is a bit old-fashioned herself and will be
charmed to receive you as you are.” And he
gave the raft a push with the boat-hook that
sent it bounding merrily over the waves far
ahead of the F[yz'ng Dutcbman.
Straight toward the shining beach of the
Enchanted Isle flew the raft. The children
looked back. The Féring Dutchman seemed to
be standing still.
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Why must the ocean be so wet?
Why can't the sun forget to set?
Why can't the moon come up in the west?
Why must the little birds go to rest?
Oh, dear, oh, dear!
What is the use of trying to sing?
What is the matter with everything?
What isn't fast is sure to be loose.
What is the use? What is the use?
Oh, dear, oh, dear!
When they had finished their lugubrious
refrain the twelve beautiful mermaids con-
tinued to neglect their hair while they kept
on sighing, “Oh, dear!” in the most discon-
tented manner possible, until, suddenly, some-
thing happened to recall them to a sense of
duty. Outjust beyond the rock on which sat
the loveliest of the beautiful mermaids, old
Neptune, with his three-pronged spear in one
hand, his long beard festooned with seaweed
and his crown very much on one side, bobbed
up out of the waves with no ceremony what-
ever. He seemed in a very bad humor. He
shook his trident at the mermaids, upbraiding
them in shrill tones:
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minxesl 1-‘What do you mean by sitting the(£\_ Ll,
and squawking, instead of combing your hair, \
by special order of the Queen?” - at
The mermaids were too frightened to make
any reply in words. They lifted their hand-
glasses and plunged the pearl combsinto their
tangled locks. Frantically they tugged away
at the neglected snarls, while Neptune, still
upbraiding them, waded on to the beach and
began plucking the seaweed from his beard.
He hopped about fussily, with his crown rest-
ing on one ear, and hardly stopped to catch
his breath.
“Whatever is the matter with you girls I
can’t imagine. Am I not an indulgent parent?
Haven't you a queen for a mother? Aren’t
you royal princesses, every one of you?-though
you don’t deserve to be. Aren’t you blessed
with the finest, most palatial, happiest and
wettest home in all the watery world? What?
Why don’t you answer respectfully, Ethelinda?”
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s “Yes, your Maj'esty,”murmured the lovelieshi-I l
pf the twelve beautiful mermaids, whose hair____»,f§
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keep back the tears because the ocean was al- 77
g ready salt enough. "
I ,“And you, Floralinda? Don’t I provide you 4}
'~. with everything that is good for a girl--and
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m'ii—€li more than you deserve?”
I “Yes,‘your Majesty,” answered the second
loveliest.
“What have you to say, Amberlincla? Dd
I neglect anything suitable to one of your ex-l
alted station-thanks to the Queen and myself P",
“No, your Majesty,” admitted the third
loveliest of the twelve royal rnermaids,'between
sobs, for the comb was hurting her terribly.
“Coralinda, and the rest of you, do you
know of any other father who is more kind,
thoughtful and indulgent than I am?”
“No, your Majesty,” said the fourth loveli-
est in the same breath with all the other eight.
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_,";>i»;d1en he-was amazed to heara/ll of the twew
_/ princesses say with one voiceriliiiiiiffsi "'7
,u,.:--»'i“But, your Majesty!”--and then QEh“ey
i L stopped, frightened at their temerity.
-;_ “But? But? But to me, after all for youil-1”;-and Neptune danced about oniiflie
sand in such impatience that his crown'sii;= over and rested on the other ear. Su'_'dd.e ii
he stood‘ still, looked sternly at Ethelinda and _
said: !iSpeak, daughter. It shall not‘/he said?
thatil lever refused to listen to any model-ate 1*
requjestifnade by the royal princesses."§ix»=
' “Youi'i»iMajesty,” said Princess Ethelinda,g
turning pale in the moonlight, “we are tired?
of swimming about like fishes. We want to?
have feetttp run about on the sand with, and;
lovely long clinging gowns instead of scales.’ i
Whenthese words had fallen on his aston-.5
ished and outraged ears, Neptune stood for a
long time [opening and closing his mouth and
swallowing vainly at something which .__.n _ -tg
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’_'to be several sizes too large for his i;atli'eii\
shrunken and skinny throat. At length "fig
dashed his crown down on the sand, jumped
on’ it, and approached his beautiful daughters
in the most remarkable tirade of his whole
fussy life. -"L '
“What! do my ears deceive me? Here am
I,~§ary and worn after a hard day of toil
herding the whales and the porpoises—with my
most reliable shepherd dogfish down with the
mange, too-only to find my pampered and
ungrateful daughters unappreciative of the
greatest blessing ever vouchsafed to our race-
fish-tails to swim with. By the great Sea Ser-
pent, I had never dreamed of such ingratitudel
How often have I heard the Queen say, ‘Oh,
Neppy, ifI could only swim with the grace of
our daughters!’ Think of that! Your own
mother knows the disadvantages of feet. She
always knows when it is going to rain by the
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~ me hear no more of this.”
l..¢ I Pufiing from resentment and lack of breath,
“- Neptung picked up his crown, brushed off the
sand,‘ banged it on the back of his head, and
fstalked moodily up and down the beach. The
itwelve beautiful mermaid princesses, for the
imoment quite overcome, went on combing
ltheir hair with great energy.
And now, all in a moment, the sea along
the beach began to gleam with a soft, opal-
I tinted radiance. At the spot where these tints
were loveliest there presently rose a queenly
figure, with a majestic beauty far greater than
that of any one of the twelve royal mermaids. A
splendid diaclem was on her brow and a jew-
eled wand in her hand. She glided rather than
walked to the shore, and stood on the sand,
"fl with Neptune, hardly two-thirds her height
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and a sorry figure by comparison, bobbing be-
fore her. The mermaids bowed so low that
their flowing dark tresses swept the rocks
on which they sat. The Queen of the Sea-
for it was her Royal Highness-smiled gra-
ciously upon the princesses, who were now
properly combed, and said to Neptune, her
consort:
“ Our time is somewhat limited; we shall
proceed with the business before us.”
She stretched forth the jeweled wand over
the ocean to the west. Almost instantly the
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CHAPTER VI
ON THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
AN and Gurtruida were
“huddled in each other’s
arms with their hands over
their eyes. Their hearts
throbbed so, they found it
impossible to utter the po-
lite speeches they had
framed in their minds, with
which to address her Maj-
esty, the Queen of the Sea. The
Queen smiled and said:
“Why do you cover your
eyes, children? I am your friend.
Look at me quite fearlessly.”
“ Oh, your Majesty,” faltered
Gurtruida, “you are so beauti-
ful and majestic, and the light that
shines from you is so brightl”
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Instantly the radiance of the Queen's body
diminished to a soft opalescent glow. The chil-
dren opened their eyes and looked about them
in wonder. The Queen stood silent and smil-
ing until they should have become a little
accustomed to their unusual surroundings.
“Your Majesty,” said Jan, assisting Gurtruida
to rise, “if you don’t mind we will run about
a bit on the sand to restore our courage. It
is so long since we have set foot upon land.”
“Certainly,” said the Queen most affably.
“You have the freedom of my isle.”
Thereupon the Queen Went and sat on one
of the rocks near Ethelinda, the loveliest of the
twelve beautiful royal mermaids. The rock
was shaped like a throne, and the Queen
looked very royal as she sat there, with Nep-
tune, looking as dignified as it was possible for
him to look, standing a little below her. The
twelve beautiful mermaids sighed and seemed
more mournful than ever as they watched these
mortal children, hand in hand running along
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Neptune peevishly. “Do you suppose the
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i laying her hand on N eptune’s shoulder to calm
i him; ii“ Perhaps I may have a pleasant surprise
*1 for yoii later.”
‘ and Gurtruida skipped happily down
to the edge of the waves-F they saw! Master
Spray turning cartwheels on the top of a
breaker that was just rolling
“Oh, Master Spray,” cried Gurtruida, hold-
ing out her hands toward him, “you have been
so kind to us! Do come on the beach and
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. have, a romp with us.” R?
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ancing himself on the breaker and looking
very much astonished.
“Come and have a romp with us. It’s lovely
here on the sand.” I
“Well, burst my bubblesl” exclaimed the
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dry,” said Master Spray. “Once I let a breaker
carry me up on the sand, and I got my feet
dry and had a fearful cold.”
As though alarmed at the very idea—which
caused the children to laugh merrily—Master
Spray skipped hastily out to the third breaker
that was just forming and stood there shaking
his head till a perfect rainbow of bubbles
formed about him.
Now, having got the motion of the sea out
of their legs, Jan and Gurtruida approached
the Queen hand in hand, Jan bowing low and
Gurtruida making a deep curtsey at every
other step. The Queen turned to Neptune
and said:
“Your Highness, these are the little casta-
ways I told you about yesterday. They are
two little mortals whom I have taken under
my protection.”
“You must understand that you are very
fortunate to have her Majesty take an interest
in you,” said Neptune, looking patronizingly
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seeéinngly, pa u\ ;i!,:_9,l-;~ntion- to the threat:
enmg gestures” ll of Neptune.
If “Patience, ii f,»patience,” said the
as ~ _
Qu:ee1f£,\»And then she rned to the children.
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termined to befriendilfil 1'33 ,“|’EA.ow if you have
any special requests to mal<ie",~-»'speak.’ Wm?
I The Queen’s glance l'€F3'.*;-fit upon Jan, and
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“Your>l\/I;ajest)', Is very - c1ous,‘§ sald Jan,»
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“and thereffelfigio favors we ask you to grant.
Dear Gurtruiida and I wish to be sent safely “-
to our home in Holland, and we wish you to
grant an audiglicd to the master dfgthe ship
that picked us up.” Q Q -
“What ship is _t§li¢at?!:’ asked the Queen, look-
ing sgddenly veryr=sternfi \ %
fzshecisj called the‘ F/fig Q“
has »»/y»q»\ sssvsss.
these words Neptune Became so angry?
tha‘€he fairly frothed at the mouth. Hejabbggé
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at the air with -'s-»tli‘ -pronged spear and:
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saigjig eastwgpd on ocean? '§‘/lie should;


sail west, west, westl”. Im
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of all qnf d a ship; but I will grain; yours
requestianid see this person.”'\|,| And she piintedii
her wand at Master Spra,y,l$+"ho approgohed near the throne as he Cipuld Wid1OUt”Ag€ttlDg”1;
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“Master Spray, ’ ommanded'tQueen,“go:fV
forth and bringyflo fine the ship called the

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Without stop; ‘jig to perform any of his
customary/aiitics, Mdster Spray wide his
mantlekf foam awwentrboundfi olf to sea
so rapidly that in _ momenit=he vvias out of
sight. The Queen, face was. now like
marble, and so se~s majestic beauty
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that neither Jan no ,?’,;?;.kuida could lo_ok}jp9_p
it without kept pointed out to siea, with i and
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the \ eckoning moti oone sp . Even
~ e now appeared grave and dignified.
, emed to the children that hardly a

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ithe sailoi-2%‘ e visible 0‘ I"._i;f';.r deck, and in
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into adioa Vanflylgetting ready t lpweriit.


l'Black Patcliilliwals directing their 1aibbi}€; The
wind filled th/e F(;/ing Dutchman’: sails and she
came so fast that ijhe sailors thefnselves seemed
to fear she wouldlbfi dashed upon the rocks of
the Enchanted Isle. \ L_ill_&=\; -'1
But presently thejéluweenioivered herjeweled
wand and instantly the shipistopped with all
her sails__hI;n_gJing limp. _]a_ri and Gurtruida saw


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‘though overcome by the miracle. But the negftz
moment Black Patch was gesticulating madly
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and they were hastening to lower the boat.l
Into the boat Black Patch stepped first, andi
after him Devil Dare, Dunken Hagen, Blut
Trinker and Dyke Verdomd. These four,j
whil\;_Black Patch steered, took oars and began .
to pull for the strip of beacbat the foot of,
the rock-throne on\;:whichW sat the Queen of
the Sea._Watching the boat closely the Queen,‘
presentlydiihrust foirth thewyand. The boat“
stopped at that instant, nor ccguld all the efforts
of the four sailors, tugging at the oars, move
it an inch. I
At this Black Patch flew into a terrible rage.
In his passion he so far forgot himself as to

stand on the helmsman’s seat and shake his.
clenched hand at the Queen. Her Royal
Highness lifted theljeweled wand quickly, and
suddenly the boat with all it contained rosej
bigh in the air, surrounded by a rising torrent
éof foam, while the voices of-»the unfortunate
sailors united in a dreadful shriek. Where the;
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and they were hasteningyto lower the boat.?
Into the boat eBlack;§Pat_ch stepped first, and‘;
after him Devil,-»D , Dunken Hagen, Blut?
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Trinker and I)yke md. These four,,|
while BlackAP2_1>	ch st%r ook oars and began?
to pg -I':fo1'\'the striplg‘ ch atfthe’ foot ofj
the r ‘lk-throne on » L» psat, the’Queen of:


the Se atching the b h aftclosely the Queen
presently,fl;rust forth t The boat
stopped at that 1 tant, njlijgluld all the efforts
of the fOUq~ ug H at the ‘oars, move
it an inch. I pi‘ \“l' At this Elac tch fle 1 ‘into rr'bl
W] __, e 1 erage.
In his passiohj he so far f<‘prgiit\himself as to
stand on tlie helmsman’s sdat and\shake his
clenched hanfiit the Qugen. Her Royal
Highness lifted" »_-jewelediyvand quickly, and
suddenly the by; yyith iiiji'..c*on	ained Lose
n_ the a§1;,"surrq\iind-»§i°1‘1i'§.a'rising torreiint
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THE ANIMATED ANCHOR
RESENTLY, while the Queen
continued her motions with

the jeweled wand, a boat
dropped out of the sky, fall-
ing bottom upward on the
sand near the water’s edge.


Next, from the same direction,

fell two great chests, which
landed right side up in per-!
fect condition near the rocks
on which sat the twelve beau-
tiful mermaids. Then down
came Black Patch and the four sailors sprawl-
ing on the sand in a semicircle directly in
front of the throne, with a jar that left them
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With a stern glance at Black Patch the Queen
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uWh<V;%are you?" Her tovi';VieVs were/jsevere.
“M-m-m-aster and f<_i‘¥1‘$;»/2%-iithe ¢_¢-eiéfiv of
the F-f-/ifi/ing D-du if-I” ‘muttered Black
Patch through his c 6 ng teeth. “Ah, eyoéare that despigiable of
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neers,V sal1{d so severe
that c ya ch and t __,_0,,,.»ur sailors Writhed
in te V \‘?%ow dare you approach throne
in this d-1'\ivxi.A{E~‘—!Ai(:tf”l.lV€1 iand undignified manner?’
“Yes, how da/i‘e:;!you?” blustered Neptune.
4: It was whgllyizgintentigonal, your ,Majesty,
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him in»»a‘ 4 fa l ipn. “I-I th .	here must
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have been exp osion.” " “You are luc to have} hdir heads still on
your shoulders,” esn. “Don’t let
it occur againj.’j/, * Wjth much estnesi%§?'_\,1I'=§-_§3 felt to see
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the Queen that -»nothing of thcfzncfihould
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Black Patch and the sailors went on digging
until the whole of a
lay revealed.
At either end of the
cross-piece there was
a rusty knob. There
were two broad, flat
flukes; but these, in-
stead of being attached
to the ends ofa heavy,
curved bar of iron,
were like rusty boots
on the feet of an iron
man-for the bar of
which the ring was
the upper end had
been split to form the
two wide-spread ends
terminating in the
flukes. Itwas,indeed,
a strange sort of an-
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P _ ---'2 Q" “Beggi V your Majestyis pardoii," said
Dunken gen, who h1q3,'-:zat:rawledG'behind
Black Patchito escape Nep \l‘l‘h’s painful atten-
itions, ufhis is thielport anelior ofv§l_q€ Ffling
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built his chiiii y,” sa d the Queen\,§{:and this
sand was twenty fathomsl the waves.”
itSpeakinggf/@’ei$Gp§Idé:n3Goblin’s chimney,
your Majesty,;began Black, Patch, “woglVd
hau—” ~1*»»../" #.’2/!/ ~*~\ _ _, Y V ._ _, V 7\ __’
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“They are ghosts, all of them. Spooks! I
knew them on that ghostly ship. I was afraid,
and buried myself in the sand at the bottom of
the ocean. Oh, good Queen, buryme once more!”

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you,” said the Queen.
“Tell me why you
have the greatest fear
of the one with the
patch over his eye."
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haved ghost. He is
not, and never was a
respectable ghost, like
his hard-working
father and mother and
brothers. He is the
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“Ah,” said thgj with evident interest,
athat is just what\;»§Ié=z"lv_ ed tp knoyv/fabout.
Be good enough— t0fi"~T-T1116 the story"of this


W21y~i(I son ofrespe e ghosts.
obedieiiice to l:;D_ueen’;/c
while Black Patch among
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beautiful rmaids listene 'eagerly,“theiAg‘i\- '
matedllkfior chanted tlq?»"§ale of the blaék
sheep of the gh 't family,\":{';|jfa roaring bass
voice that wa%j-if-le rusty ‘at the edges_,;_biit
otherwise quziieyisatisfactory. 'i1\~»_\? r 7
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To a highly rcgpecta'ble_ ‘ghost family, “if I j
With a record as clean as a spook’s well can be,
A small ghost was born on a bleak wd‘hter’s day
Who was destined to change all its pride to dismay.
From the very first hour of this y-spook’s life
Its home was a scene of conten a trife
ropriety scornin ~ v
W howled all the‘ i ing,
To the scandal of all‘ the spook neighbors
ept papa-spook walk
o silence its squawl;»2
_-.‘_y_._. gh worn with his ghostly n ;
For h ooks sleep, as you know, thro Q .
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ueen ver ccii‘id‘li"\i?$;@{isl!,|>li'ave no need of
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keys. With these words shéipghed wit er wand
the lid of the larger of-Ttij? two chests, whichg
immediately flew fin. The Queen smiledgil
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The childre_9/ ere quite unprepared _§fV_thei;
iwonderful /thildgtliat happened. Whefiriitheiigs
iQueen drew forth herlhalnd it was clasped
‘another as white and sl nder as her own Then j
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litwelve beautiftll/Er|ne_rmai@§—\only she was no
longer a mermaid. He‘fifoir“m"was drag;:e_glH'_a
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clinging gown_<’of old-gol=d__, and, mgit ~"===»= 9'”
ful of allfais shelstood upon the sahd'twT littgk
feet peejaed forth from berigth the gown, clai-
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While Ethelindaidllg staring speechlessly at;_i
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the feet for Wl11Cl1»».$lTFé'_,ilY.a__'i*_lOI1 ed so ardentl 1
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agriin and in the sarr§aé\§$énner theré‘ emerged;
F_loralin'da, ,t_h_e} loiiilgliest prinizess, all pale iros%cludihgi5ill§.?*~f-\‘i.F“for two little feetiji
P I I"'\¥r/)‘»’l'//' which pl21a’y_;i»fillé&fi§;=LA\'}?,,§fldelight, although:
she did seem able to utter a word. Shel;

stood 1 thelinda ijij-:§::‘e, in quick sue—,
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linda, Amberlinda and t\1bfother_.~I~princesses;§i.

all in char)ming clinging gownsiof helio§pe§-Zl-
lavende/r, pale pink and pale green, with slippers?
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was miraculoiisly provided. *
As the six princesses stood on the sand in a
row delightedly looking at their brand-new
feet in their piftfy slippers, the Queen assisted
from the "cTiest,;;ne after the other, the six re-
mainingdgprincesse/s; bu	\instead of gowns and
slippers, these wore the rich costumesiof six?
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much resembled their own. i Jaii andiGurtruida
were indeed glad to oblige such beautiful
princesses, and the scene that followed was so
pretty and amusing that even fussy old Nep-
tune laughed and applauded by turns. Q
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left, and forward/and back, While the princesses
in couples repeated these movements as_._,_wellj-
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to Gurtruida, butvshe to it very well,
especiall}> when Jan and they went
pirouetting toge§therzfi§_§..'U‘and fogthfiin front
of the princesses.’ Sofieprincessjesiibegan to
imitate them,%nd_/also th,:,;"Animated Anchor,
after doubtfully shaking\i';'i§“j:V-Zhead antlggriaking
many rus?y”grimaces. iix,-»»,i‘»
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playing as though more than willing to blow
the br§,th op? _of his body. Every mbment
ifithe dance grew more animated, with the prin-
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THE GOLDEN GOBL IN
fingers again and looking indignant. At
length he turned to the Queen and said:
“There, your Majesty, see what you've done!
Our hussies of royal princesses have gone daft
over the joy of having feet. All your patience
and trouble in bringing them up as royal mer-
maids has gone for nothing. It’s a terrible ex-
ample to set the mer-
maids of the common
people, who copy the
princesses in everything.
They’ll all be wanting
feet, and I know too well
your obliging nature.
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mermaid in the ocean.”
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a smile. “It s onlya I, ‘
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caprice of the prin- -,2-...Ԥ,V..
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CHAPTER IX
“co TO THE GOLDEN GOBLIN”



“Alas, your
OUR MAJESTY,” began
Black Patch servilely, in
whining tones, “as you
are Queen of the Sea, and
the most wonderful en-
chantress in all the world,
we beg that you will en-
chant the winds at the Cape of
Storms which, for two hundred
and fifty years, have opposed our
passage home. Command them
to oppose us no longer, so that
we may end this weary voyage
at last, and-”
“Stop!” commanded the
Queen. “Is not your ship called
the Féling Dutcfiman?”
Majesty, that is true, but-”
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“Yes, ii Majesty,” in Neptune
F5/ing Duiégmafzyf: stwarcl,
pettishlyg ii nd by! turnih’-igl the bow ofthe
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b .
of her hand on his shoulder, and, after medi-
tating briefly, said ‘Cg, Black
asses.
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testable to me.‘ I feel that
it isltiiy duty _t~q-I
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Black Patch alldlitihe ~ailors prostrated
themselvesbefore, ‘.jI They shook in
limb turned a sickly
V‘g.é—‘I¢asO_us,” cj.‘»j|.>" ‘tied .
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them kin '1 ‘jxvaltvli gh I cl Ill imagine your sly
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so contra 74to ‘your e il natures. And now,”
continued they ueeyn in hpr\*s*t‘ernest tones,
while she rose ttfigiejf f ll height at the foot of
the throne, “whyihave you attempted to con-
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danced all over his head;M“The G0oVldHen
Gdblin’s chimney has been an'awfT1l nuisanee
to us. It was always smoking. The Queeii is
very good-natured, but one day the smoke got
to be unbearable, and her Majesty, with a wave
of Vher wand, stopped it up with four hundred
thdusand million tons of granite; he-he-he!”


And he chuckled his crown on straight again.
“Naturally the Golden Goblin Vgnd I are
not on the best of terms at present,” admitted
the Queen. “As a matter of fact, our relations
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are very great_-foR,|purposes which I can not
approve. Besides, as you doubtless have Vheard,
his four daughtdrs have control of the four
winds. They, of course, can not disturb the
main body oi my jean, but they are con-
tinually ruflli it ‘face in a most annoying
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incesses to escort you to the Golden Goblin’s ‘
lace by the deep-sea entrance.” _ A
“Oh, your Majesty,” said Jan, “I’m such a i
blvardl Sha’n’t we all be drowned?” it
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answered the Queen with a smile. 7*‘ ‘


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truida earnestly, “dear Jan isn’t alcioward at all. He’s the bravest boy in the whole world.”£.i
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Who know the/‘way\ perfectly—an_d the ship
will carry you quickly and safely tolthe bottom
of the ocean,’/“to the/great coral gate of the
Golden palace. There you will dis-
embark princesses will gain admission
fotthe ou need feel no alarm, ;
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water, even at the bottom of the ocean, will
seem the same as the air to all on the ship.
And you will see many strange and beautiful
things which as yet no mortal eyes have-behelél-:__\ ,,,,
“This Golden Goblin, your Majesty,” said
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play any of his s ‘ll’
tricks on Gur- I’
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“That reminds
me,” said the’
Queen, taking a iiéir
ring from her fin-
ger and placing it
on one of jan’s. ‘Q, §_. H I . _,‘_
“If . I -' - - . ..;_- _.-1.9.)!-ue.Q'.\'
either of you little mortals should find yourselves inéany danger, all you
have to do is to kiss this ring and I sliall/1%"
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be with you instantly.”
“Thank you, your Majesty,” said Jan. “Now
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blazing jewel at its end rested on the ship’s
high poop. Immediately, stern foremost,_the
ship began to drift toward the rocks, while
Black Patch and the four sailors looked on in
astonishment. Gently the ship approached till
it stopped close to a rock whjose Hait top was
on a level with her upper deck, and so close
that a child could have stepped aboard. The
Queen turned to Black Patch.
“Back to your ship,” she said, “and be sure
and remember what you owe to these little
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The sailors made haste to clamber abioard,
looking frightened and awe-struck. Jan and
Gurtruida followed them, with a final grateful
bow and curtsey to the Queen, who gave each
an encouraging smile, and then came the twelve
beautiful princelsfg, who were now quite steady
the' 1.-,..~,|'l“_he saglors had goneim-
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welcome homel” l ilThus the strange pair stood on the high
deck of the ship’s stern, surrounded by Ian
anjd Gurtruida and the tvvelveijeautiful
princesses, when the Queen '€igain£_,riaise'd her
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waves two familiar creatures of the oceanfgg
swimming lovingly side by side, descended the deck near the children and rested against ai coil of rope. ii
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with laughter _ ,3 i _ “Ho-ho, ha-ha!K"‘;h laughie5d/iii} his rus
voice. “Of course>}.éhey’re amiable. They’re;_
lovers. Many a,tlI1;l%i\Nl\"1€I1 I’ve gone whizzin‘ diojwn to the bottom‘ ail the end“ my cabféi
Ive seen young jellyfiaih a-courtifih. H‘o¥,h;o,
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The larger of the two jiellyfisliw
interested He fixed his round e es
truida s face, and presently winding half a ,§‘*‘>
of his arms around the waist of his swee i ii"
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A Jellyfish my mother was,
M ill‘ was a Squid W
He loved her very much because-—
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An vflthat We are fully grown,
MISS Jellyfish and 1
Prefer like them/to be alone
And tell» each other why
“Oo ,1! on/1:/igigly giggly gee 9”
In meltmg tones she says to me
And “O0 s oor oogly googly goo‘?
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And “Oo’s oor oogly googly goo?"
He makes reply just as I do.
To make the matter clearer yet
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Oogly googly goo,
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themselves on their tailsyagainst the coil oflrope,
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“Why, I declare it1s._0' 1- i l i_e}x- l 1
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“Have-have you met him before?” gasped Q
Gurtruida. ;
“Certainly, my dear. He is the leader of I
the royal herd, who ran away the other day,
and his Royal Highness hasvbeen looking for
him everywhere. That’s whfhe wa cross —
when ou arrived on the Enc
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The Whale looked at Ethelindapfand Gur¢__,:ZZq=0=.
truida was sure she saw him»c'lo__se one e ii!
roguishly. “Alexander, goléright home this minute
commanded Ethelinda. »>~§"i‘3§- A
“Naughty Alexahkklér, you’ll catchgitl” said’;
Floralinda. 1
“Alexander, you ou,/fight to be ashamed Q_fyour-
self, running g_H-ithis wayl” said Amberlinda.
The only may the whale made was playfully y






to bump the shipkeskide with hisaimmense nose, 1
sending l bbin§:$,;:_5Jout so that Jan and Gur-
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déék, while the sailors *fe11"¢&{ theirknees ind 4
howled dismally. At length Coralinda, étlhe
sweetest-voiced of all the princesses, gave itlhe
whale’s nose a soft pat with her little hand and -i
said pleadingly: r ‘
“Please go home, Alexander./,»They miss you

terribly.” { At these gentle words the/whale gave a mighty flip of his tail—which made the F[yz'ng i
Dutc/mzarz bounce about like a cork -and sank. V
“There!” sighed Ethelinda, “his. Royal],
Highness will be so relieved.” When the ship was steady once more'_]an
and Gurtruida, looking down beyond her bows,
saw a long way oFF, and far below themfa faint .
but beautiful pink glow in the water.i§ Presently I
the glow deepenediuntil it turned the mastsr
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about them in the ocean, the color of coral.
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CHAPTER XI
THE GOLDEN GOBLIN HAS A COLD IN HIS HEAD
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‘ HE moment the ship had
entered the Golden Goblin’s
palace, and the great gates of
coral had closed behind her,
even Jan and Gurtruida re-
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alized that something more
serious than the arrival of the
F[yz'ng Dutc/zmarz had lately
occurred. The vast chamber,
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which seemed hewn out of
solid coral, even to its high, groined ceiling,
was filled with a soft, pink radiance reflected
from the walls, after passing through what ap—
peared to be enormous diamonds set in a
semicircle above the gates. The chamber_-
evidently a sort of covered courtyard—was
thronged with fantastic figures running hither
and thither in the greatest confusion. They
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seemed to belriers, for some carried spears
and all wore rilmets and tunics of some shin-
ing yellow ryiyéral, like gold. They had the
features of zyuman beings rendered grotesque
by long green mustaches and
great green, bushy eyebrows.
But most fantastic of all were
their hands and feet. These
were enormously broad at the

fingers and toes, which ap-
peared to be webbed for the
greater part of their length, and
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Two of these strange beings,
who were nearly twice the
height of the others, stood on
guard at a door on the further
\§_<ide of the chamber. Each of
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gleaming eye at its upper end.
Other great eyes dangled at
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backs."TEveryv m5m¢n{th¢" door opened Gte
permit the exit of a female of this odd,-looking”
race, clad in a short robe of some gea-green
material and wearing a quantity of sea-green
hair coiled at the back of her neck. Each of
these women was burdened with a large basket
piled high with something that loolfi, like
soiled linen. For every woman he out
another entered. These also ca askets
but in this instance the contents w stacks o
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Always when oii’e:,§f the women came out
with her basket,|shekwas instantly surrounded
by soldiers who seemed fito questionwher with
the utmost anxiety, and when she would shake
her head dismally ti}/e/soldiers would run about
more distraughéfilfan before. '1;_heir anxiety
was so gi;ea,tr'that'/_fhey seemed hardly to notic
he entr i e of the ~,F(ying Dutchman. 1
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neatly-folded fresh linen, evidently-Bu wl
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j before .1... ship had come to a standstill in,thez§,
1 center of the chamber, and, by the direction
f ofithe Princess Ethelinda, had turned about; so |
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that her bows pointed at the great gates. lAs .
soon as this manmuver had been executed, the
I Animated Anchor, evincing great excitement, -
sent his rusty, clanking legs flying forward
where he seized the end of the cable from
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which he had broken free a centuryfihefore, and
leaped over the port bow. The cable rattled '3
through the hawser-hole, and, looking over the ‘_ 1'
ship’s side in astonishment, the children saw I”
i the faithful fellpwuflsecuring an iron-like grip
with his rusty arms and legs around one of them
y carved hinges of thésgates. When the Animated A
Anchor appeared satisfied with his grip he


l shouted to the children;
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cunning. G;’i/gig/dfplay your visit to the Golden
Goblin. I’llf the ship against an army till
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a strong fancy to the Animated_,Anchor, seemed
anno*yed,but presently, after some dis-
ordant croaking, it rubbed its head on']an’s
rim and remarked placidlyz
it i §“We’re all accursedl”
now within a few yards of the door where
stood the gigantic guards, whose heads w re


nearly on a level with the rail. ., E
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At this the guard twirled his g1'€CI‘iui¥\US§?.Cl'1CS
and. seemed embarrassed. At length heisaid
sullenly: )
= . “His Cantankero’1;Majesty is not receiving.
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“What! To me?’ id the Princess Ethelinda
sternly, whilf*.7“l,l fie other royal maidens
frowned at th //W ptuouslfellow. “How
-dare you giwg Q~,;—an answer to the—Heiress
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“His Cantankerous Maj- esty is indis-‘I
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i “Ah, indeed? What ap- " pears to be the
‘F trouble?”
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nd out in those baskets.”
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royal laundry.”
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E;of instant death,” answered the guard
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guests. Since our arrival enough SOll€(l linen
has come out and enough fresh linen has gone
in to serve for a palace full of women and
fops.” And Ethelinda cast upon the guard a
look so severe that he forgot to open the door
for a laundress who had just approached with
her basket. ;' .. I
“Wait!” commanded the 1
me What is in the basket-” I I
Muttering, but evidently wayfifaid to disobe
the guard took the basket fromgthe woman a
lifted it up to the ship’s rail. Ethelinda
one of the neatly- ed squares of liifen from
the basket and s~ it out. It was a hand-1
kerchief. The basketvwas full of handkerchiefslgl
“Ah, I see,’_} said /the princess, replacing the 5
handkerchief in the/éiasket, which the guard
P‘ ’ y .
gave back to ?e woman and l'I:;St1ly opened
the door for h r, “ah, the Golden Goblin has ,


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f say that I told you.
4 ‘ “I will protect you, fellow; but do not kee
1 usl waiting. We shall pay our respects to th
1 four princesses, if they are at home.
“Their Gusty Highnesses are at home," said
the guard, “but they, too, are indisposed.
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west wind for a week.”
¢ “the Princess Occiélinta is not so bad as the
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in fact, they are confined to their royal couches.
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and Princess Antarctica are very ill indeed;
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tofthe floor of the courtyard. The other prin-
l cesses followed her in the same manner. ‘
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landing quite lightly beside the priinifléssi if

1 arms, Gurtruida leaped, toownd hardly fe
the shock of her fa,lllasn_Ian’s hands caught ih
“Openl” ¢om1~i&£a_nd¢d Princess Ethelind Z
Emboldened by the sight ofJan’s upstretclfé‘
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i lowing the twelve beautiful princesses, found
2 themselves in the coral-walled throne-room ?
of the Golden Gglids palace. It was a large,
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Q were m .11? set like jewels at regiaii
ingetr seemed green as it e%}”'=e=1._.
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shivering. T I I I I I in -Suddenly the muffled figure on the thron
drew up convulsively and plunged into a per-
fect paroxysm of sneezing,while two immensely
broad hands with fingers webbed to the second I
joint reached out spasmodically in all di-
rections. A dozen attendantg came running I,
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handkerchiefs into the groping hapds, while the ~77
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sneezing became every moment r
ous, until, with an explosive “
that shook the coral Walls of the
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the mufiied figurerose, tore off its upper,|
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wrappings, revealing a swollen and tear-stai
countenance, and thundered: i “Handkerchiefs! Handkerchiefs! What has V
become of allymy handkerchiefs? Ker-CHEW! Let the Gr1a;ri%l/;Chamberlain of the royal

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i THE CORAL FIRE ‘
SO grotesque was the Golden Goblin’s ap- 5*
pearance that Jan, as his natural fears wore
away, was tempted to laugh aloud. “The figure
of this potentate of the regions under the sea ,
was tall and imposing. It wast cglafii ' I a close- A
I fitting robe of golden scales, ,~t contortions caused by the fit of ezing, woil I
have appeared really ma_jestl\§&§ ‘e Golden,
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i gorgeous aHair;§(<~he face unde,_i? i¢_w'i§§F 4
I aydelight such fa.k"‘Would be forfthe saucy .
A little street boys-flat lromp in Amsteiidamlg Q.
The Golden,."Gobliji had sea-gre£inustaches
s¢Ylong that they hf to be twistedjand tu_r
med ,
up over his V is sea-green_e»yiebrows,»i§§o, Tj
wiere each,;;ij;éar foot long, ahd seeme life
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fsome in a dark aiidirs/evererwa I, ‘ ll, ’
as _]an’s reflections reache this 5
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managed to get}
addressed to the
his unbiddenguests in a attitude,
ni a few words between sneezes, i
{Princess Ethelinda: '
“Catch—catch-'-ker-CHEW! May I ask to
what circum'—ke'r-CHEW-stance I am in- '
debted for the—-ker-CHEW—honor of your _'
visit—catch—catch-ker- CH EW P ” i
“May it please your Gantankerous Majesty,” _',
began Ethelinda—and'then the beautiful prin-
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parrot, who had entered with the others and
stood beside Janiijf . $1
“Stop! How_idare_,y'ou,;in my presence?”
thundered the Golden Goblin. ‘And then he
was seized with anothe%i'o7l,ysi}i of sneezing.
Ethelinda sneezed agai_i,f"l:$i;ri§;l then Flora-
linda sneezed. Then all »'thp‘il\kither princesses
sneezed, and pr:esen:t,ly»_]aii“'a’n1_<l Gurtruida,
greatly to theiirlhumihation, were sneezing as
though their sgtlbjpended it. The door
opened and _~ PririCessiOccidenta, ruler
of the Westirfliridiand ranfsneezing, into the
apartment her three sisters—Orienta
of the__,Ea2st Arctica‘ of the North Wind,
and.Antar'cticai pf the South Wind-_-were lying


rea ing as ion. - Hither and thither ran royal attendants dis-
tributing handkerchiefs to the royal family and
their guests, including the parrot, and while no
one could utter a word because of the epidemic
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l” of sneezi-ni X t was upon them all, the door
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in a state of trenghdous excitement. Too ex-


cited even to no ,1¢‘é:~1;1;a£ all in ihe room were
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too busy with the1r’&_eezing to,pay him the
slightest attention,’the Animated Anchor fell
1 on his rusty kn,$es before_ Q Frincess Ethel-
inda and annoufiied: ' ~ \'“ i
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1 uTl'1e1'€’S_ a eb”iiispii{awcy,on ship to kidnap
the Princesses§;%	l{e»»fE€ur Winds,\,and hold
them for raii,i)d[s‘éi?.‘(.§./$118.‘ -_3.I1tflI)l{C!‘01lS Majesty
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must be Waf_I‘@€lLS,§f _‘
And tl1€II;_i]'lV~€-iA.I1lIHat€£(l /Anchor fell to
sneezing till-ii§as§."from all his joints rose in a
cloud 3' I57 i (
'5. Isbiiiieihingghaippened that shocked
Ithe" Golden Goblin so that .h'.e"»stopped_short
“right/in:,the middle of oneinf his most success-
ful sneezes. The queer, human-looking fii;e-
dogs were shaking as though they were alive
‘and had an attack of ague, and all at once, in
unison, they gave vent to a series of sneezes so
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--ker-CHE saidrfai I k ago after
all the palace fires went out__;be_i D e an earth-
quake choked upjthe royalfiliih
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coal and smoking eyes
chanted Isle,” sawJ§the»f)r_inc ss everely, “her i
Majesty the Que '1” of the‘; " ould not have‘;
been compelle‘ o summolf-5 at earthquake,’;f~1T‘
“Well,” saighe vGold'en\—Goblin
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A in my head, whic rtain/ly carry me off in
be bygones
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As every o_rie__ibut herself and the Golden 5
Goblin was stillgsneezing, it was difiicult for
them to make themselves heard. Putting her
lips close to his Cantankerous Majesty’s ear
the princess shouted: \_
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warm fire in the grate.”
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“That doesn’t make any difference, if you go
about it right,” said the princess.
“A nice warm fire in the grate without any
chimney!” exclaimed the Golden Goblin in-
credulously. “Show me how and I will grant
any favor you may ask that is in my power.”
“Agreed,” said the Princess‘ Ethelinda. “We
must have a coral fire.”
“A coral fire?” repeated the\Golden Goblin,
opening his eyesvery wide. “Why, I’ve more
coral than I knriw what to do with. If you’re
really in earnest youiwill solve the most im-
portant problem that vexes my reign, in these
days when even soft coal is becoming so scarce.”
Without replying in words, Ethelinda seized
a small coral chair standing near the fireplace,
dashed it on the floor so tha3_..it_was shattered
into fragments, and'_piled	hc_:;fragments neatly
in the‘fireplace, standing.’ between th\<_:_:stQl,-4'
sneezing firedogs. I \
“Now,” she said, “I~ must have some flash
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furniture that glowed ruddily, while the beauti-
ful pink-white flames leaped high, and grateful
warmth stole all through the room, even into
the apartment occupied by the Princesses of the
Four Winds. The Golden Goblin—whose
sneezes were already growing less frequent—
resumed his throne, rubbing his hands.
Gradually all the sneezing ceased, though
the Animated Anchor, owing to his being so
rusty inside as well as out, was not quite cured
until, upon the Golden Goblin’s invitation, he
approached close to the grate and warmed all
his joints thoroughly. Meanwhile he scruti-
nized the firedogs with a curiosity that was only
satisfied when, with the
great iron poker, he had
given each of them a
smart thump on the side
of the head and heard the
sound of metal on metal.
The silence in the great
throne-room became al-
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sneezin .4~a.n .. “M ed in some
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iiiipatienhce fpr the. Princ Mi.‘fi€l1nCla to ap-
proach the filden (39!)-Kn resp, 5 ing the object
of their visit. wejeiaware of the
His Gantan ‘ous Majesty
was yawning an etchingjhims If luxuriously.
The children? ced into adjoining room
and saw the ncesses the Four Winds
tfissing their ' ‘Q about while they
sighed langu lwén F/tjhelinda and her
I .5}/'/<>§’si§{aiziimated' than
usual, while the -1- green parrot had perched
himself on of theethrone and closed


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‘§Hum',‘haI”_j»yawned the Golden Goblin;
_j§it’.s'7been more than a week since I’ve closed
an eye. A little good mhsictwould certainly
start” me ofif on the best sleep of my whole
career. I almost regret dismissing the royal
‘orchestra; but the rascalsiwould persist in
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At these words Gurtruida advanced timidly
to the foot of the throne and said:
“If it would please your Majesty, Jan and I
know a lullaby that we can sing for you. It’s
about a little mite ofa girl and her doll, and
when you come to the refrain it’s very sooth-
ing.” pf‘
“Good!” said the Golden Goblin, yawning
again; “fire away with your lullaby-if you’re
quite sure it isn’t Wagner."
The twelvembeautiful princesses grouped
themselves on ‘either side/of the throne, the
Animated Anehor stretched out his creaking
joints on the hearthstone, and Jan and Gur-
truida, standing {hand in hand, sang sweetly to
the Golden Goblin their lullaby called:
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For Polly’s health is splendid.
But soon the restful shades of night
Change Polly’s mood completely;
To dolly, now in spotless white,
She’s_ crooning, oh, so sweetly-—
Dolly’s bedtime comes again, close those eyes so blue;
Blessed angels hover near,‘~§_qd Polly’s heart is true.
Sleep, my dolly, dream oncd more, darling, do not sigh--
Fold your precious ;ha'nds 
d sleepiby-low-by, lullaby.
Filled Wirfihope of time 31$:
For dolly, is Miss Polly. ‘- -
“You must mend your naughty ways,”
Says _Polly to her dolly. “You must be‘ spanked when you tell fibs,
much mo fond of quarrels;
And wherf you soil your little bibs ,
Ltrerhble for your morals.”
But wlfei-ihthe soothing shades of night
Lu're,Polly to herslumbers,
Then sinlgs she to her Heai't’s Delight
_ I I" ' f Irivsoft, reposeful “numbers-— t
__,‘ ' Dollfs bedtime comes again, close those eyes so blue;
_,e/Blessed angels hover near, and‘ heart is true. ‘ff if
Sleep, my dolly, dream once more, darling,‘ do not sigh’-‘— 7 i
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/ Before ‘_-Ian and Gur7tii;ii‘l'Cla‘i”i»_viLire“'well started
‘on the second stanza ~the- Prince;sses‘eE.Tsl1e
F ou“i'..'§§§/indis were motionless on their couches.
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The end 0f;¥l'l€ -first ref Golden
Goblin nodding on his throniigpwith the Ani-

mated Anchor jsfioring the hearth-
stone. The tvvqlve§;~pi;incessesijoined in the
second refrain,=.bu	 before it was ended they
had sunk into cushioned‘-§seats",which attendants
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placed for them/Vayhd were,~Y“s’le"eping as soundly
as the Golden Gpblin hiniself. As for Jan and
Gurtruida, the last notéifoinndithem seated on
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the floor at thggfeet o_f,tli'e Princess Ethelinda,
resting their id1ir§1§y\'iheads against her knees.
Soon the attendants withdi'ew and the only
sounds to be‘.-heard in the Golden Goblin’s
throne-room were the crackling of the coral
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stretched o1\ the he‘s,_‘thI.itpne',at their feet,
may have givenftlie livinfg	;fޣe'dogs the hint
that the were lon _e,/rdpbuisierved. At any ;
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rate the one he./left: l1‘esen_tly opened one ;
~i.li_3lg3.IIl uickly on observing A


eye, but clos p
that one eye‘ o\li€t$1\§l‘l=ij'lJ€og thellright was —
open and ob$!f~'i%‘him.» the firedog .
on the ri ht, as, re bolder*of‘the two, for he 1
cleared his thro‘a§;Iyvith a metallic, “Aheml ” and xi / _ l
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“Oh, ‘pshaw,i§d§Ff1obs,_ no o-iie’s looking.
/“ll-XT'e you quite sure, Longsl_1anl§‘s?”l saidthe firedog on the left, in ‘a whis“per_tha't sounded like »
“two pieces of stove-pipe/being rubbedgtogethern
/“Of course. His M'ajesty\_‘and‘~ev.r‘ybo‘dy'
felseris sound asleep. Comeon; I’m goir;1jg>,~.LO
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and stepped over the sleeping form of the Ani-
mated Anchorqy Knobs followed his example
timidly, and, elbow to elbow, stepping as softly
as possible with theirliron feet, the royal spies
made a circuit of the-_‘:-apalrtment, looking
through variouslffdlbors to ‘- hi-tain that they
were not observcid by anyn attendants.
¢<They’re al’l'gasle'ep," too,““\sai‘d Knobs, as
they returned;7(‘;i the fireplace aiid»stood re-
garding jan <_G\irtruida curiously.
“N o wo1ijt@rl§i.i'iaI;I"ch a week as this has been
I hope neveixojéhe again.””,
Longshanksrwias thoughtful. Presently he
shuddered and-_,§s‘ked: ,_
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will insist upon our execution?”" /I I
“That idea is bothering me some, too, I
must confess,” said his comipanion. “It’.s a p,ity_‘
we can’t perform some great service just now
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—detect a conspiracy of some kind.
“Have you any suspicions of that pair of
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little mortals over there?” asked Longshanks,
pointing at the soundly-sleeping children.




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“Not the slightest. I’ve taken a fancy to
’em myself._ But I don’t know about that
queer fellow on the hearth. His snores are too
loud, it seems to me, to be quite honest.”
With that Longshanks lifted his iron foot
and gave the Animated Anchor a smart kick
in his ribs. Whereat the rusty fellow rolled over
and snored louder and more rustily than before.
“No, he’s all right,” said Knobs.
But the great green parrot, who had opened
one eye and observed the kick with disapproval,
croaked hoarsely and said:
“Avast therel”
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Dyke VCTdOHl.d. was,li3oking with suspicion
on the firedogs._ He’ ught,he\ had seen one
of them open his left eye. “\l{Ie‘sei,z;ed the poker
and gave Knobs/ajsharp ra “loii the side of his
head. The clangiof ironjo ‘lop satisfied him.
“No morejgi this whispered
Dunken Hage,r'i:{~,<~(‘A bag of the olden Gob-
lin’s' diamondeigfyidfigh after.” D:
“ N 0, I10,”_§',@(l§lT)'€iVll Dare." “’Tis more than
diamonds We’ll get them, too; but
with the Princesses of the.;Four Winds in our
hands we can foiice the Golden Goblin to hold
‘In. ’ ill)
back the west wind till we’ve passed the cape
and are safely started home._ We can’t trust all
to Black Patch.” \__
i With? that the four sailors began looking
about for signs of the four p'rincesses.'» Devil
Dare was first to ‘catch sight of them as they
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room. He motioned to his comrades, and
without further parley they stole softly in a
body to the room of the princesses. All were
sleeping so soundly that
the sailors had no fear
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Each lifted gently a
princess from her couch,
and seemed not to think
it strange that her two
arms fell naturally about
his neck, so that great
beards and flowing
tresses mingled. Orienta,
Princess of the East
Wind, fell to the share
of Dyke Verdomd; in
the arms of Blut Trinker was Arctica, Princess
of the North Wind; Antarctica, Princess of the
South Wind, was in the arms of Dunken Hagen,
while Devil Dare clasped tightly the beautiful
form of Occidenta, Princess of the West Wind.
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The door to the princesses’ chamber being
wide, the four conspirators, burdened as they
were, could retreat side by side. Thus they
stole swiftly toward the great entrance, and had
reached the center of the throne-room before
any suspicion of danger crossed their minds.
Then it was that those faithful royal spies, the
two firedogs, took the most terrible of all pos-
sible advantages of the superstitious sailors
from the F5/ing Dufcfiman.
At exactly the same instant Knobs and
Longshanks rose from their places on the
fender, and with eyes and mouths wide open,
waving their long arms menacingly, leaped
with a horrid clanking ofiron upon the coral
floor right in front of thie sailors. The spec-
tacle was so gruesome and so unexpected that
their feet seemed glued in their tracks, and
they joined in a mighty yell of fright. It was
piire fright, so paralyzing that not one of the
sailo'*rs*could move. Their first impulse was to
drop their lovely burdens and fly. Their arms
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“Aha, a'con\spiracy!” he said. “Well done,l
Knobs. Good, very good,‘Longshanks. All
your indiscretions of the Liiastl are fully par-
doned. Resume-your postsllof duty. I shall be
pleased present‘ly\{_o. mainldi oqe of the royal
housemaids to bo of yopan extra fine
polish.” I; _


The firedogsfgesumedielj; places on the
fender, and looked so said? a metallic that it
was difficult land Gurtruida to believe
that they had%§er\_l;§1	_"h,em of their own accord.
The upro:i?_f\kl@i brought several soldiers
running intofljeiehroney-room. When they saw
what had befgllfen the Princesses of the Four
Winds theyiifeggupon their faces before the
oeld-at oeb1i'ii.¥’ ~ .
":“Ha, fellovvs, so is hgyyou guard the‘


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slumbers of the royal faihily—when we have 3
not slept for a week!” said his Canta_n_kerous"
Majesty, spurning one with his foot. “VeTy well,
I shall attend to your cases later. In the mean-
while, see that these barbarians do not escape.”
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I The Gtiiliden Goblin PT.{éilt€d at
sailors, who appeared to ~OldiHg in their
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arms the four princs 'lԤiough the reverse
was really the - ndjeach of them was
instantly seiz§ E»»two of the largest soldiers,
while the othe; went and unbund the two
guards lying byigifhe wall. ,.
While Jan _’ d Gurtruida‘ i n, won-
dering whatil$ful fate was in store for the
sailors, thefgiglden Goblin stalked back and
forth before thej	§em'blihIgIcul iits, twisting his
long mustach$’s;%1ey wori£d§~g more grace-
fully over his; , andievidenitly reflecting
deeply. Preseiitly he clapped his great handg




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and said to an attendant who approached
fell_ oi-1iighi‘§”1§n‘¥:iies: )iiiiil
’__/“Bring forth the royal spiierl”
At these words the twelveibeautiful princesses ‘F
looked grave, and Jan and Gurtruidasaw that"
even the hardened soldiers of his Cantankerous
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shook under th,e’r%T,. and W _2 P ll
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spider.” ii‘-,__.-"\i‘ F if
Noticing that dime &m d “men did not
appear to realizeyyhe-avvfu‘ frificance of this
statement, the §_olden G.o!lx:li\d	<§ontinued:
“As the efiicacy of c'apiital‘~p\i_nishment de-
t11 1-*""‘ "' §ef " '
pen s argey_g@,qn;	he_terror_, nticipation,


I have compoisedgsiirnethlng, the ‘suggestion Q
of the Royal,_~Gr§;nd Chamberlain of Capital
Penalties, Wl'll€;l1;~I_-, think will enable the con-
demned to ap'p;ie	5iate what is in store for them.”
Out of politeness’ to his Cantankerous Maj-
esty “the twelve "princesses assumed attitudes
_o'f-attention. Jan and Gurtruida, with some
idea of asking mercy for -t_l’re\sailors, had drawn
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near tot them, so that all-served asan audieneey
yvhenf the Golden Goblin, suiting v§ice and
fiactibn to ‘the words of his terror-inspiring de-
scriptive po'em, began his recitation called:
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Sharp teeth gnashing,
Comes Miss Spider down her net!
Now you know her as the fly does,
What his eye sees so your eye does—
Mouth a cavern
Like a tavern
Yawning for its guest;
Awful whiskers, like some dragon's,
Four eyes big as wheels of wagons,
Tongues like dippers,
Horrid nippers—
All words fail to tell the rest!
By the time the Golden Goblin had reached
the last line of his fearsome word-picture the
sailors were howling dismally for mercy.
“Oh, your Majesty,” pleaded Gurtruida.
But at that moment the heavily-barred door
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excitement.»-“Do you give -yOl1;F'iCOI1S€I1t to
our marriage with these beautiful princesses?”
“Why, certainly,” repliedyhis Cantankerous
Majesty, with great cordiality.
“And will that save us from the royal spi-
der?” asked Dunkien Hageri,,o,ver the round
shoulder of Antarctica, Prineess of the South
Wind. I .{ ".l‘r.~‘?
“It will, indeed,”’_said'the Golden Goblin.
The sailors *~§j(§re\‘qverjoyed. Jan and Gur-
truida could ,!»F_1:5:Ii\‘.-1.il'iliiI_6,\1'St3.fl/Cliff why the twelve
princesses shoiiljifregard them with looks of
such deep commiseration. vi fl
“Take away royal spider,” said his Can-
tankerogs Majesty, who added, upon reflec-
ti0.n‘: “and awaitimy further instructions.”
Li/WIith much difiiculty sthje keeper,-igot the
_disap/poi/nted royal spiderjaack into this den.
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Princesses of the F our Windsi». T "\_
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consult, upon details ‘of the wedding.”
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“That’s itl” laughed his Cantankerous Maj-
esty; “I’m light-headed on account of that
cold and a whole week of sneezing. I could
have sworn just now that the whole twelve of
you royal mermaids had feet and long gowns
like your mother, instead of tails like fishes,
and silver scales.”
“So we have,” said Ethelinda, displaying
one pretty foot in its little golden slipper.
“Her Majesty, our mother, listened to our plead-
ings, and so transfor ”
med us.
I V “Well, upon my royal
”\l/ wordl”—here the Golden
Goblin broke off, cast a
furtive look of admiration



at the princesses, and then
asked abruptly:
\, N “Did you understand
that I was to grant more
than one favor in return
for the secret of the coral
fire?”
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Gurtruida laid her head on his breast
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“f erfect confentrnent an
11. rs‘: wt‘
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ized. They saw the Goldeniv pha-
his ha'n'd‘toward Black
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matureca vrtilel‘ your royal au
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in which you can_»Ii'ft th
ship and beat homeward db he
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Dutcfiman had started toward the great
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gates, which were slowly opening outward.
The four sailors-,_-Devil Dare, Dunken Hagen,
E Dyke Verdomd and Blut Trinker_-were at-e=
g :f;;m£ting toggoard her by the rudder chains,‘."
Tb theygwere clinging when the Wrath;
iffifgden Goblin, with a gesture, 7|?
to all but their horror-strickéi;
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leap caught PJ“y_d clung to her figurta -if ‘ hich
had the shape»b.f-an atrociously ugly 0.. _an.
Another wave of the Golden -‘ nd
chan ed “Black Patch into wqg§i__f,‘“»-;t4 his
g » "*~"" t ' .' 1"?
head, which, as the ship fiogigéi “ ~t
through the gates, could be se fly
\ in disgust" from that of the A 'd~, now
alive and grinning at him thrgiigliu Pwroken
teeth. 1'1§Qw_I'L‘5 ilookin about




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“I never was so scared IF
in all my life,” said Jan
simply. “If you had not been
there, dear Gurtruida, believe me,
I would have died of fright.”
Gurtruida patted him on the cheek,
and they talked no more during
that wonderful flight.


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distinct. Presently they could see the Queen '
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and Neptune standing on the sandy beach, =~-3
as though waiting to welcome them. At length '
the flying fish floated gently down to the water
by the rocks, and the children stepped ashore. \
With a flash of his tail through the green water ii ‘
their faithful steed disappeared. ~ _-
The Queen and Neptune greeted them most"
kindly. Neptune seemed in a state of sur-
prising good-humor. When Gurtruida asked
anxiously whether the twelve beautiful prin-
cesses had arrived safely, he chuckled till his
crown seemed to dance a jig on his bald head.
At the same time a silvery chorus of laughter
rang out from the rocks that were half-buried
in the sea.
Looking, startled, in that direction, Jan and
Gurtruida saw the twelve beautiful royal mer-
maids sitting combing their hair just as when
they had first made their acquaintance—only
theylwere no longer mournful, but very merry.
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hrone and pointing her wand out over the sea
Suddenly, as they were waving g pleasant fare-
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1 wfiell two‘ the twelvg lD€3Ut1fUl\»Iii"1€§7.-1a1dS, canieqniand swept them gently, offH vi
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“Swish, swash, burst my bubbles!”
It was Master Spray, but thekodd fellovy’
seemed much preoccupied. Multgeri inco- i
herentl kaboiut his bursting bubbles‘ ‘E-J ‘the
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soon	he, Enchanted Isle had cit" " v¢ ed froni3
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casting alstartled glance at the é orizon,
.1 4G » Master S Pa danced awa tow he Wes :1
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a arentl in reat a itation w t a si*;ole'§
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word of farewell, and was seen 'no morei.

If “What ‘strange conduct!” said Jan, standing?
by the mast and straining his eyes i1i>an _effort_si
to see what had frightened away their merry
companion; “I can see nothing thatiijéialarm-"i
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._ “Perliggs it means that we are no long}:
enchanted?” said Gurtruida. “Aren’t you
thirsty, Jan, dear? I am-teri_l%l;y.”
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Jrank heartily. Then
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I Gurtruida,” &€ ing to be don;
(iv:-1‘zll£1aylight',, In
back against}
”tfitf§a’s head dowry:
sleepy dear Jan
afraid, dear I
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y afraid, Gurtrui
et 1 shall tglsy" is where
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