The rocking-chair was fixed up quite royally.
Mrs.Chipperton turned out to be a better kind of a woman than I thought she was at first.
We hired a man to cut a pole and set it up in the queen's front yard, for the flag; and then Rectus and I started out to get the crown.

I had thought that if we could find some sheet-brass, I could manage to make a pretty good crown, but there didn't seem to be anything of the kind in the place.

But, after a good deal of looking, we found a brass saucepan, in a store, which I thought would do very well for the foundation of a crown.

We bought this, and took it around to a shop where a man mended pots and kettles.

For a shilling we hired the use of his tools for an hour, and then Rectus and I went to work.