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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII A Trip With Captain Waterbug "It's a pleasant day," ventured Captain Waterbug, after they had proceeded for some distance in absolute silence. "Don't tell secrets," growled the Measuring Worm shortly. The Captain looked so crestfallen at this unsympathetic rejoinder that Prudence Anne felt sorry for him. "Do you intend to return to a seafaring life?" she inquired, giving him a friendly smile. "No," replied the Captain, without a moment's hesitation, "I do not. I've had enough of it." "What do you intend to do?" "I hardly know," the Captain said, after a short pause. "I have always had a strong desire either to be a piano-tuner or drive a stage-coach." "They are two very different kinds of things, are n't they?" asked Prudence Anne, a little surprised. "Not the way I should do them," replied the Captain confidently; "but I think on the whole I prefer the stage-coach." "I know I should," agreed Prudence Anne heartily. The Captain seemed much pleased at this, and murmured "Whoa!" and "Get up!" several times under his breath with a great deal of expression. "What would you call it?" inquired the Measuring Worm rather unexpectedly, because neither of them had thought that he was listening. Captain Waterbug considered the matter carefully. "I think I would call it the Ocean Wave," he said at last. "Isn't that rather an unusual name for a stage-coach?" asked Prudence Anne. "Possibly, quite possibly," admitted Captain Waterbug readily, "but, when you think of the demand there is for names, I must say I think we are very lucky to get one at all." "We'll be luckier if we get the stage-coach," grunted the Measuring Worm. "There's the very thing!" cried Prudence Anne, clapping her hands in great excitement.. "Where!" demanded Captain Waterbug and the Meas...
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