Oh , how nice and shippy and tarry you do smell ! ' said Josie , sniffing at him with great enjoyment of the fresh sea odours he brought with him . This was her favourite cousin , and she was his pet ; so she knew that the bulging pockets of the blue jacket contained treasures for her at least . ` Avast , my hearty , and let me take soundings before you dive , ' laughed Emil , understanding her affectionate caresses , and holding her off with one hand while with the other he rummaged out sundry foreign little boxes and parcels marked with different names , and handed them round with appropriate remarks , which caused much laughter ; for Emil was a wag . ` There 's a hawser that will hold our little cock-boat still about five minutes , ' he said , throwing a necklace of pretty pink coral over Josie 's head ; ` and here 's something the mermaids sent to Undine , ' he added , handing Bess a string of pearly shells on a silver chain . I thought Daisy would like a fiddle , and Nat can find her a beau , ' continued the sailor , with a laugh , as he undid a dainty filigree brooch in the shape of a violin . ' I know she will , and I 'll take it to her , ' answered Nat , as he vanished , glad of an errand , and sure that he could find Daisy though Emil had missed her . Emil chuckled , and handed out a quaintly carved bear whose head opened , showing a capacious ink-stand . This he presented , with a scrape , to Aunt Jo . ` Knowing your fondness for these fine animals , I brought this one to your pen . ' ` Very good , Commodore ! Try again , ' said Mrs Jo , much pleased with her gift , which caused the Professor to prophesy ` works of Shakespeare ' from its depths , so great would be the inspiration of the beloved bruin . ` As Aunt Meg will wear caps , in spite of her youth , I got Ludmilla to get me some bits of lace . Hope you 'll like 'em ' ; and out of a soft paper came some filmy things , one of which soon lay like a net of snowflakes on Mrs Meg 's pretty hair . ' I could n't find anything swell enough for Aunt Amy , because she has everything she wants , so I brought a little picture that always makes me think of her when Bess was a baby ' ; and he handed her an oval ivory locket , on which was painted a goldenhaired Madonna , with a rosy child folded in her blue mantle . ` How lovely ! ' cried everyone ; and Aunt Amy at once hung it about her neck on the blue ribbon from Bess 's hair , charmed with her gift ; for it recalled the happiest year of her life . ` Now , I flatter myself I 've got just the thing for Nan , neat but not gaudy , a sort of sign you see , and very appropriate for a doctor , ' said Emil , proudly displaying a pair of lava earrings shaped like little skulls . ` Horrid ! ' And Bess , who hated ugly things , turned her eyes to her own pretty shells .
` She wo n't wear earrings , ' XXXXX Josie .
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