Produced by David Edwards, Chris Logan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) THE ADMIRAL'S CARAVAN BY CHARLES E. CARRYL AUTHOR OF "DAVY AND THE GOBLIN" WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY REGINALD B. BIRCH [Illustration: The Riverside Press] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge Copyright, 1891, 1892, 1919, and 1920, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1920, by Charles E. Carryl [Illustration: "THE ADMIRAL, MAKING A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO GET A VIEW OF HIS LEGS THROUGH HIS SPY-GLASS."] TO CONSTANCE Sweet Chatterbox, 't is thou that hast beguiled My fancy, as it drew the little child Who in these pages lives; her gentle ways Are but the reflex of thy round of days. The trip of syllable I held so dear, And all thy small remarks, are treasured here-- Charmed by the alchemy of love to stay The while thy blissful childhood slips away. Kind little heart, that knows no selfish thought, Read here the tale that thou, thyself, hast wrought! CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I Dorothy and the Admiral 11 CHAPTER II The Ferry to Nowhere 23 CHAPTER III The Cruise of the Sideboard 32 CHAPTER IV Tree-top Country 39 CHAPTER V Bob Scarlet's Garden 54 CHAPTER VI In the Toy-shop 66 CHAPTER VII The Song in the Dell 81 CHAPTER VIII Something About the Camel 95 CHAPTER IX The Camel's Complaint 104 CHAPTER X The Sizing Tower 112 CHAPTER XI The Dancing Animals 120 CHAPTER XII The Caravan Comes Home 129 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "The Admiral, making a desperate attempt to get a view of his legs through his spy-glass" Frontispiece Head-piece to Chapter I 11 The Admiral 13 The Highlander 14 Sir Walter Rosettes 15 "The Admiral, making a desperate attempt to get a view of his legs through his spy-glass" 19