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(1912) Author: Dikken Zwilgmeyer
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THE RED BUOY

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should go on board the big ship after all! The
steamer was full of sailors who talked and
laughed and tumbled him about in rough play
till Johnny Blossom bubbled over with merry
laughter that rang through the whole ship.

Soon a man took him to the upper deck to
the stout, ruddy captain whom Johnny Blossom
knew from having seen him on the street in the
town. He pinched Johnny’s ear and said a great
many funny words to him, just as the other
Englishmen had. Johnny pointed to the red
buoy and shook his head for "No," and pointed
toward the town and nodded for "Yes." With
this he felt sure that the captain must know how
the matter stood.

An oldish looking man wished Johnny to go
below with him, and naturally Johnny did not
need to be asked twice, even by signs! It was
wonderful down there. He had never imagined
there could be anything so fine on the dirty coal
steamer; and just think! some crackers were
brought out, and then if that funny man didn’t
set a whole jar of preserves before him, too, and
give him a spoon! My, oh, my! Mother ought
to see him now, eating with a big spoon right
from the preserve jar!

Johnny Blossom ate plentifully, while the

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