Jimmy Boy

ee family, with the two Sanfords,-Uncle James and Aunt Vi,-making ten in all, counting Maggie, the maid. They had alighted from the cars at a way-station, and were

wn high up in the Cuyamaca Mountains, called Castle Cliff

untains. The others were perfectly well and had not been "ordered" any

hout us children," said Edith,

Lucy's dearest friend. They could not come to-day; there would have been hardly room for them in the tallyho. With all "the bonnie D

ow, he was taking a large party. It was a very gay tallyho, as yellow as the famous pumpkin coach of Cinderella, only that the spokes of

er, a brown-faced, broad-shoulder

nded Mr. Sanford, e

ow many miles they had to travel to reach it. But this was all Lucy's fancy. They were thinking of oats, not gold mines. These bright horses knew they were not going very far up the mountain. They would soon stop to

n looked at the country they were passing, sang snatches of songs, and gave little ex

k all around! When we were East last summer didn't you pity the people? Only think, they never saw any

"Let me button your gloves, Ed

murmured a little voice from under Lucy's hat. "Bab didn't wa

ot room enough in this coach, unless one of the rest of us had got out. You'll see

n in the gold mine till Bab comes. I s'pose they'll put us do

about in quite a gale. He often fo

ll played out, and Uncle James has told us so ever so many times. Didn't you hear him? Th

unlee, what shall we

ne thing I'm going to camp out," replied

," said Lucy, who had a vague notion that camping out was connected

astle Cliff, Lucy! And Uncle James has talke

o long seats of the tallyho faced each other. Lucy

o board at a big house p

r. Temp

Spanish rabbit with reddish brow

t. And what are those things that come and

up, Jacob!' Uncle James says when strangers hear it they think somebody is calling, and they say,

nd wedging himself between Lucy a

ngs brought up to Castle Cliff from the city; so we shall have plenty to eat; chicken and ice-c

for an air-castle there is up there; it's a thing they call an air-castle anyway. A man bui

I," sa

mb worth a cent; y

kind enough to help their little sisters," remarked Kyzie, with

ie. "Did you hear him tell of sitting up there one day and seeing a

" said Lucy. "How d

t you al

him?" sa

N

pickaback," s

, and the two toads hopped along together! Uncle James said it probabl

cy wants to go up to that castle, maybe I could steady her along; only ther

little inn, the elegant horses were placed in a stable; and the tallyho star

at every step; and though the journey was delig

th the king-ductor," besought li

the steam-cars,-the 'choo choo cars,'" explained Jimmum. Then in a lower

y he should be glad, and J

ttle folks used to act about steam-engi

as a long time ago, Jimmy. He w

the "king-ductor" and turning about to face his elder

mean you

ssented Eddo, shaki

'Twas when you were only a baby that you did it, Eddo. You said to the engine,

ain, but this time with an air of bewilderment. "I didn

a boy. You stood right on the track, and the engine was coming, 'puff,

e? Where did it hurt me? Say, Jimmum, where did the engine hurt

nder of the journey he was in pretty good spirits and found much diversion in watching the gambols of the two dogs following the tallyho. One was a Castle Cliff dog, black and shaggy, named Slam; the other, yellow and smooth

ust to scare you, and we'll

"How d'ye do?" and then trotted along beside them just for company. Eddo found it quite exciting. One was a Mex

w houses; but there must have been more dogs than houses, for

ound the steeper it grew; and

on its hind feet, papa! Just look!

of the sea," and there it stopped, before the front door of the hotel. It was about half-past five o'clock in t