We tried to toss the money in such a way that each one of them would have something, but some of them were not smart enough to get down to the bottom in time; and when we thought we had circulated enough specie, we felt sure that there were two or three, and perhaps more, who hadn't brought up a penny.
So when they all climbed out, with their brown shoulders glistening, I asked which one of them had come out without getting anything.

Every man-jack of them stepped forward and said he hadn't got a copper.

We picked out three little fellows, gave them a few pennies apiece, and came home.
[Illustration: A FAMILY DIVE] The next day we were all hard at work.

Corny and her mother went down to the queen's house, and planned what they could get to fit up the place so that it would be a little more comfortable.

Mrs.Chipperton must have added something to our eight dollars, for she and Corny came up into the town, and bought a lot of things, which made Poqua-dilla's best room look like another place.