Produced by David Edwards, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. VOL V. JIMMY'S CRUISE IN THE PINAFORE, ETC. BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT, AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL," "LITTLE MEN," "HOSPITAL SKETCHES." BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1880. _Copyright_, BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT. 1879. UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. * * * * * [Illustration: SIR JOSEPH PORTER, K.C.B.] I am the monarch of the Sea, The ruler of the Queen's Navee,-- When at anchor here I ride, My bosom swells with pride, And I snap my fingers at a foeman's taunts. [Illustration: COUSIN HEBE.] And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts His sisters and his cousins! Whom he reckons by the dozens, And his aunts! [Illustration: RALPH RACKSTRAW.] "I am the lowliest tar That sails the water. And you, proud maiden, are My captain's daughter." [Illustration: JOSEPHINE.] "Refrain, audacious tar. Your suit from pressing; Remember what you are, And whom addressing." [Illustration: LITTLE BUTTERCUP.] For I am called Little Buttercup,--dear Little Buttercup, Though I never could tell why; But still I'm called Buttercup,--poor Little Buttercup, Sweet Little Buttercup I! [Illustration: CAPTAIN CORCORAN.] Fair moon, to thee I sing Bright regent of the heavens; Say, why is every thing Either at sixes or at sevens! [Illustration: BILL BOBSTAY, THE BOS'N] He is an Englishman! For he himself has said it, And it's greatly to his credit That he is an Englishman. [Illustration: DICK DEADEYE.] "I'm ugly too, aint I?" * * * * * CONTENTS. I. JIMMY'S CRUISE IN THE PINAFORE 5 II. TWO LITTLE TRAVELLERS 27 III. A JOLLY FOURTH 38 IV. SEVEN BLACK CATS 52 V. ROSA'S TALE 67 VI. LUNCH 89 VII. A BRIGHT IDEA 105 VIII. HOW THEY CAMPED OUT 119 IX. MY LITTLE SCHOOL-GIRL 141 X. WHAT A SHOVEL DID 154 XI. CLAMS 168 XII. KITTY'S CATTLE SHOW 182 XIII. WHAT BECOMES OF THE PINS 189 [Illustration: TOM TUCKER, MIDSHIPMITE.] AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. I. JIMMY'S CRUISE IN THE PINAFORE. HOW HE SHIPPED.