"T'other night he told us abaout a kid of his own size steerin' a cunnin' little rig an' four ponies up an' down Toledo, Ohio, I think 'twas, an' givin' suppers to a crowd o' sim'lar kids.

Cur'us kind o' fairy-tale, but blame interestin'.

He knows scores of 'em." "'Guess he strikes 'em outen his own head," Disko called from the cabin, where he was busy with the log-book.

"'Stands to reason that sort is all made up.

It don't take in no one but Dan, an' he laughs at it.