I have spoken aloud my dream, to two very intent listeners, one of whom
is convulsed anew. “A China-lantern”—will he never stop laughing. The
other, “all right, auntie. You have got it right, and, if I mistake not,
some other things. Though seen in a dream, it is not the less valuable
tour, sought for ages. But the ancients did not have arc-light suns, to
see their lanterns by, as do we. But why is the decoration set so far
apart, unlike ours, that are close lantern-hung?”
“Oh, I can answer that,” says Charley. “The design is but in outline. We
will some day catch a meteor, and go to inspect it closer.”
[Illustration: Decoration]
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