The animals were stopped at the cross-roads , and there we found them after a lively cruise round the country . Then we hunted up Pat ; but what with the blow and too many drops of ` the crayther , ' his head was in a muddle , and we could get nothing out of him . So we went home again , and then your mother remembered that you had mentioned stopping here , and we fitted out a new craft and set sail , prepared for a long voyage . Your father was away , so Tom volunteered , and here we are . '' `` A jolly lark ! now let us go home and go to bed , '' proposed Mark , with a gape . `` Is n't it most morning ? '' asked Tony , who had been sleeping like a dormouse . `` Just eleven . Now pack up and let us be off . The storm is over , the moon coming out , and we shall find a good supper waiting for the loved and lost . Bear a hand , Tom , and ship this little duffer , for he 's off again . '' Uncle Ed put Gus into the captain 's arms , and , taking Rita himself , led the way to the sleigh which stood at the door . In they all bundled , and after making the house safe , off they went , feeling that they had had a pretty good time on the whole . `` I will learn cooking and courage , before I try camping out again , '' resolved Gwen , as she went jingling homeward ; and she kept her word . IX . MY LITTLE SCHOOL-GIRL . The first time that I saw her was one autumn morning as I rode to town in a horse-car . It was early , and my only fellow-passenger was a crusty old gentleman , who sat in a corner , reading his paper ; so when the car stopped , I glanced out to see who came next , hoping it would be a pleasanter person . No one appeared for a minute , and the car stood still , while both driver and conductor looked in the same direction without a sign of impatience .
I looked also , but all I could see was a little girl running across the park , as girls of twelve or thirteen seldom run nowadays , if any one can XXXXX them .
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