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 "At eight bells received on board the mate and cabin boy of the brig Garfield (that was his daughter's married name). Tea for all hands.

"At eight bells evening watch wind freshened, backed to N. E. Saw all serene for the night.

"So ends this day."

The Captain wished he could say how far the house had sailed, but he knew it had stayed in its own yard behind its white paling fence. The log book of a house is not half so exciting as a ship's. He sighed as he closed the book. Then he locked the door, looked at all the windows, wound the grandfather's clock, and put the screen around the fire. The Cat still lay in his chair and made