CHAPTER XII.
UNCLE FRANK’S LEAVE-TAKING.

I suppose it is high time that I took
my leave of you, little friends. I am
very fond of young people ; and when I
can get a chance to tell them stories that
will entertain them, and profit them af
the same time, I hardly know where to
bite off the thread. When I get my
story-telling machinery in good running
order, it is really hard work to stop the