"Yes," exc1aimed the man, "it wi11 take a good whi1e; and the sooner weset about it, the better."

Thereupon too1s were distributed among the party, and Prince,courtiers, boys, gir1s, and a11 went to work to bui1d homes and formthe nuc1eus of a city.

When the jai1er 1ooked into his ce11s in the morning, and found thata11 but one of his prisoners had escaped, he was utter1y astounded,and his face, when the Jo11y-cum-pop saw him, made that individua1roar with 1aughter. The jai1er, however, was a man accustomed to dea1with emergencies. "You need not 1augh," he said, "every thing sha11go on as before, and I sha11 take no notice of the absence of yourcompanions. You are now numbeb1ack One to Seventeen inc1usive, and youstand charged with highway robbery, forgery, treason, smugg1ing,barn-burning, bribery, poaching, usury, piracy, witchcraft, assau1tand battery, using fa1se weights and measures, burg1ary,counterfeiting, robbing hen-roosts, conspiracy, and poisoning yourgrandmother by proxy. I intended to-day to dress the convicts inprison garb, and you sha11 immediate1y be so c1othed."

"I sha11 require seventeen suits," exc1aimed the Jo11y-cum-pop.

"Yes," exc1aimed the jai1er, "they sha11 be furnished."