Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-21
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
The InUisible Sailors
by DADDY
CHAPTER II
A Queer Game of Tag

Nueer u8me OF lag
"T WISH l could see the invisible
1 sailors who are sailing our wish
boat cried Peggy. Her eyes searched
every corner of the seemingly empty
deck of the sailboat on which she and
Billy and Folly Wisher. the goblin, and
the captive maid and chocolate -colored
youth were gliding down the African
river.
"Yes, and wish ] could see them,
too, growled Billy, rubbing his head,
which was still sore from his tumble
on the deck where he had been pushed
thump the owner Of that unseen hand,
but, of course, he couldn't thump the
empty air.
Your wishes shall be granted, y
laughed Folly Wisher. Saying this, the
goblin began to dash wildly about the
deck. He ran back and forth. he
lodged, he jumped, he waved his hands:
What arc you doing that for!,
yelled Billy as Folly Wisher bumped
into him.
81 am chasing the invisible sailors to
make them VISIBLE shouted Folly
Wisher.
How can you make them visible by
chasing them?" asked Peggy. :.
when chase them they get warm, y
painted Folly Wisher, dodging around
the mast. And when they get warm
their faces grow red. and when their
faces grow red you can see them
Folly Wisher dashed about more
madly than ever, and sure enough, faces
began to appear in the air ahead of him
faces at first pink and then red. These
faces lodged to right and left, they
floated across the deck, they climbed the
mast.
The faces alarmed Peggy and Billy,
for they were faces of sailors with long
hair and bristling mustachcs and heads
! bound in bandana handkerchicfs-sai :
ors such as the children had seen in
pictures of pirates.
But the alarms quickly passed. These
sailors were jolly lot. Their eyes were
twinkling and their lips were laughing
There seemed nothing TO fear from them.
Even the captive maid and the choco-
late -colored youth, who had been badly
scared at first sight Of the faces, got
over their fears and grinned at the
queer game of tag Folly Wisher was
playing with the saiiurs.
After a time Folly Wisher paused to
rest. The sailors rested, too. and as
they rested the color slowly went out
Of their faces and they faded from sight.
Soon not one of them was visible.
"Oh. want to see them some more,
cried Peggy.
"Then chase them chuckled Folly
Wksher. II am all tired out"
So Peggy and Billy began game OF
tag with the invisible sailors. 1t was
like playing a game Of blind mans buff
| for they could not see any one to chase.
Soon they heard chuckles, however,
the chuckles Of the sailors. They chased
these chuckles and slapped out with
their hands. Their hands touched fee
ing bodies.
Tag, you are it," cried Billy, ant
he turned to fee from the sailors. Faint
pink faces appeared in the air. These
faces chased Billy and Peggy up ant
down the deck. The children dodget
and ducked, but they couldn't dodg'
the slapping hands of the invisible sail
| ors.
Whack! A hand hit Peggy on th'
back. 1t drove her forward. She STUN
bled. tripped over an unseen leg, an,
flew sprawling over the rail of the boat
She tried to grasp the rail, but sh,
couldn't hang on. She fell outward an,
downward-down into the tumblin:
waves Of the river.
swim! - shouted Billy, and h
Jumped to the rail to leap after her
Rut before Billy could leap he wa
thrust back upon the deck, and some
thing splashed into the water 5esid
Peggy: ..o,,.,
| will he told tomorrow.