"_I stood before what seemed to be a great city. Endless white towers riz up as if callin' attention to 'em._" 227 "_On we went under the waterfall, up, up, down, down, and finally shot out jest where we got in._" 231 THE WITCHING WAVES "_Folks get into little automobiles and steer 'em themselves._" 236 "_A boat full of men and women set out from the highest peak, shot down the declivity like lightnin' and dashed 'way out on the other side of the bridge._" 239 "_Rows of high-headed mettlesome hosses._" 247 "_I'm tellin' the livin' truth, as she towered up in front on me, her breast opened and a man's face looked out on me._" 254 "_As I went down with lightnin' speed I had'nt time to think much._" 259 "_Pretty soon it begun to move and one by one they wuz throwed off and went down I know not where._" 261 _"As I went into Dreamland it seemed as if all the folks in the city was there."_ 267 _"We got in a small boat and wuz carried round and round till we dived into a dark tunnel."_ 277 _"I went forward to see the Head Hunters. I sez to 'em 'I've hearn of your doin's and I want to advise you for your good_.'" 282 _"It wuz a sight to see, acres and acres of sand dotted with men, wimmen, and children."_ 287 "_I rushed forwards and cried to the lordly beast above, jest ready to spring: 'Don't harm Josiah! Devour me instead._'" 304 "_I myself never sot foot on the Bowery; I wuzn't goin' to nasty up my mind with it, though I hearn there wuz some good things to be seen there._" 314 "_'The suller!' He stood agast, perfectly dumb-foundered but wuzn't goin' to give in he had made a mistake. It wuz too mortifying to his pride._" 319 "_I don't know how long they stood there, his eyes searchin' the dear face and findin' a sacred meanin' in it._" 348 CHAPTER ONE IN WHICH THE CONEY ISLAND MICROBE ENTERS OUR QUIET HOME SAMANTHA AT CONEY ISLAND AND A THOUSAND OTHER ISLANDS CHAPTER ONE IN WHICH THE CONEY ISLAND MICROBE ENTERS OUR QUIET HOME