Show daddy f 5 6 ae ve 1110 NO fairy tale die ay 6 i 11 A BOAT RIDE din can you two children get up tip very early tomorrow morning asked uncle john that evening before they were going to bed indeed we can both said and to themselves they thought that something very fine was to happen they were ready just when uncle john told them to be and took the for the buttery battery there they got cot into a small boat which some one called it cutter douglas thought it must have heen been so named because it went cutting cu eting through the waves the harbor wits was quite rough and douglas and dorothy loved tile the early breeze before they knew it they w were ere alongside a biff steamer having passed every kind of a boat it see seemed nied that could be made how small we do seem said sald dorothy 1 I feet feel like a tiny lap all dog by flici side of a great newfoundland dog answered douglas we are in a boat which belongs to the government said uncle john FRAGILE everything had been marked and these men who let us come with them are arc from the customs bious e in the city then douglas and dorothy followed tile custom house officials olicia ls around chile they saw that all the things being brought into the country were marked correctly this was in order that the government could be ba fairly paid tor for foreign goods good how interesting it all wits was to douglas and dorothy after everything had been marked ni arkel and till all sorts 0 of business matters attended to wonderful business matters which tile the city ell Cu custom stoll house was looking after for the government douglas and dorothy thy went back baal into the small boat tor for the cattery battery when they readied reached land uncle john said aid I 1 now we lire are going to see ali alie building from where all this work Is arranged they came to a building with many steps and were shown all through it IL by the customs collector and they walked outside the building to look up at the statues and to hear the story of each do you look after afler the whole harbor asked douglas yes Y es said the collector of the port t to whom they were talking my men aud and I 1 see about tile incoming and outgoing boats what a wonderful job remarked douglas to be able to go out and visit a big boat too whenever you feel like it 11 the T man laughed and dorothy said 1 I think it Is ill more wonderful still to feel that you are the head official of the harbor which Is the entrance to the city As they left the grout great building douglas said they told us as we could come again just think we can look about the great hall building ding we vaut to and some inon iiii we can take tahe a boat trip with tile castoni Cu u toni house men of ar the city now this flit a very early morning trip tin and to tell the truth everyone lid did reef feel it a little slee sleepy lly 1 I think liel hars we might 1 call I it n atty diy i said aid john and douglas lugt ou gt laughed YUIL youre bucl fun bricle john lie he said I 1 be boury youre nt not shove using I 1 a little once anre in ili at a while I 1 sup pose you know that when people say well c alf it a day it means the same as yen jat givant hut but its slang too sure it is sald sail unde john and thell both douglas find and dorothy felt sure that uncle jolin john was no wit above a little 1 fill slang once in ili awhile row laid uncle john 1 Is coming niong along in ili due clue season heus to ile be used as a day of ad adventuring lor for nil all or of us have we ve any plans for tom tomorrow the children asked Rs IccI ah sald said uncle J tin lin true adventurers should not make inake too many plans plan let l et us wait and see for tomorrow will tell us |