124 ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE LANDS.

right. We have seen to-day some-of the better parts of the city.
This will do for to-day, I guess.”

“No,” thought Rick, “it won't do. I have not ridden in a ‘Jim
Ricker’s Shay’ yet. I
will, if Uncle Nat lets
me, this very day.”

That afternoon, while
Uncle Nat and the doc-
tor were away, Rick and
Ralph were in their room
at the hotel.

“T wonder what time
it is, Ralph.” |

“T don’t know, Rick,
for we have no clock.”

“‘ Oh dear,” sighed the
younger brother in his
heart. “I wish a clock
was as handy here as at
grandpa’s.”

That clock at grand-
pa’s, how Rick when
younger would watch it!

But he was thousands
of miles away from

GRANDPA’S CLOCK. . grandpa’s -and nothing
like a clock was in the room. He went down to the hotel office to
learn the hour. Passing the outer door, he looked through and saw
a jinvikisha waiting by the sidewalk. Its runners wore big bow]-like
hats, and were dressed in blue shirts and blue tights. A thought came