~~Hiland and Loland::John Dough and the Cherub
After a long and the another island, larger than the first, and much more beautiful. The looked upon green and vine-covered hills, of and of grain. But from the farm-houses, they saw no or villages until they were over the exact center of the island, where a most met their view.
The was into two by a high and of stone, that ran from to ocean, through the center of the land. In the middle of the the was by a great castle, which looked upon of the wall, and had many towers and and high into the air. Clustered near to the and upon the east of the were many tall and narrow buildings, some of them to a of three or four stories. The in these were tall and narrow, and the doors were tall and narrow, and the were tall and narrow. It was a city in size, but the houses all looked as if they were set upon stilts, while the were also narrow.
THE CASTLE OF HILAND AND LOLAND
On the west of the wall, the castle, was also a city, but of a different sort. For the houses were low, none being of more than one story, and the and doors in them were so and low that they were than they were high. As for the streets, they were broad. The upon of the were and well built, and there were many and about.
Our friends had not much time to these closely, for at John's the upon the top of the great wall, near to an entrance of the castle.
"We must you now," said one of the birds, "for we are to home again. But I am sure you will be safe in this country."
"Good-by," said John, "and thank you very much for us here."
Chick and the also thanked the flamingoes, and then the into the air and soon disappeared.
"What a place to bounce!" said Para Bruin, over the of the nearest to the tall houses and into the street.
"It's a good way down," said Chick. "You'd be careful."
"Nonsense!" the bear, scornfully. "The higher the the the bounce."
With that he a of himself and rolled
off the wall.
With that he a of himself and rolled off the wall. John and Chick over and saw the the and then again. When he was on a level with the top of the he out his paws, the of the stones, and himself up them.
"Great,—wasn't it?" he asked, proudly.
"Yes; but I you to be careful," said the man. "We know nothing of the people who this country, and if you should to miss the when you you would a and be at the of those who you."
"That's true," the bear. "I'll be more until we acquainted. What shall we do now?"
"Let's try to a way into the castle," Chick. "It's the only way to off this wall, for I can't as you do, Para Bruin."
"Nor can I," added John. "How it is that the should be by this great wall! And how to have on one and tall on the other! But the people in the can it all."
They walked along the toward the castle, and presently came to the large entrance gate, one of the of which ajar, as if them to enter.
"Shall we go in?" asked John, hesitating.
"Of course," Chick, promptly. "What's the use of outside, when the door's open?"
So they passed through the and entered a hall, of of marble, that gave it a and appearance. There was a small leading and a large to the of the castle; but no one was in to them, so they to go the stairs.
"Evidently they did not us," Para Bruin.
"This must be the of the ruler, or king," John, "and the family is at dinner, or the king is court."
But at the of the stairs they the and rooms as and empty as be, and their with a upon the floors.
The of the was description, and the and pictures upon the were of beauty. Everything was in perfect order, yet the place deserted.
After the rooms on this of the they another stairway, of white marble, with marble balustrades. This they also descended, and that the rooms on the were more than those they had already seen.
Occupying the entire of the was a great marble hall, having a ceiling, and which looked upon the tall city to the east of the wall, as well as upon the low city to the west. There were also great entrance doors, people from of the wall; but these doors were closed.
They were not locked, however, and John said to his companions: "We know nothing of the owner of this castle, of the people the opposite of the great wall. They may prove to be either our or our friends, so I that we be until we know what we may from them. Two of us should here while the third enters into the to make inquiries."
"I'll go," said Chick.
"No, indeed; you're too and too small," Para Bruin.
"But I'm just a regular child, while you're a and John Dough's a man," said the Cherub. "They wouldn't think anything of my being here; but if either of you two go there's to be trouble."
"The Cherub is wise for one so young," John. "Therefore we will let the child visit the and report to us. Having the deserted, we will take the of it until our little friend returns."
"THE CHERUB IS WISE FOR ONE SO YOUNG"
So they opened one of the great doors, and Chick walked out into the main of the high and narrow city to the eastward.
Pacing the entrance, as if the from without, was a soldier who more than seven in height, but who was so thin and that it as if some power had him out lengthwise. But Chick noticed that all the people walking along the of this city were just as tall and as the soldier, and why the doors and of their houses had been so tall and narrow.
The soldier when the Cherub from the castle, but he took off his tall and politely. His was of cloth, with buttons.
"What place is this?" asked Chick.
"This, stranger, is the great country of Hiland," answered the soldier, respectfully. "And this is the great city of Hie which you see you; and the great people you are called Hilanders; and I do not there is so great and a country, or city, or people else in all the world."
"What is the called?" asked the child.
"We call it the of Hilo," said the man. "It was the of the King of Hilo, who over our great nation as well as over the on the other of the wall."
"But where is your King now?" Chick. "The is empty."
...a soldier was
more than seven in height, but so thin
"To be sure the is at present, for our King is long since dead," the soldier replied. "But we are the of his successor. There is a that our next ruler will be a King who is wise and just, but not of and blood, and although this an thing, our people that the will some day be fulfilled."
"But why don't you make one of your own people king?" asked Chick.
"Because the is into two sections, and one king must of the wall," the man. "Of we would not allow one of the Loes to us, will they to allow one of our Hies to them. Therefore we must along without a king until the of the wise and just ruler who is neither blood."
"Who are the Loes?" the child asked.
"I have them, my dear, for the great them from our nation," said the soldier; "but they are said to be and squat, and very disagreeable. They live on the other of the island."
"Thank you for the information," said Chick, and then and re-entered the castle.
"What did you out?" John and Para Bruin, in the same breath.
The child related the with the Hie soldier, and then said:
"Now, I'll go into the other city, and out what the people on that of the have to say."
So John and Para opened the door at the opposite of the hall, and the Cherub passed out and came upon another soldier, who to be at the entrance. This one was in a red uniform, with buttons, and was the and person Chick had beheld. But his was and good-natured in expression, and he his low, to the Incubator Baby.
"What country is this?" asked the child.
"This, most one, is the superb and country of Loland," the man; "and this city you is the city of Lo; and our people are called Lolanders."
"What is the called?" Chick inquired, curiously.
the another soldier was the and person Chick had
ever beheld
"It is the Castle of Lohi, by our King—when we have one—who also the who of our paradise, on the other of the wall."
"When do you to have another king?" asked the Cherub.
"Whenever one comes who is wise and just, and is not of and blood," the man. "We have a that such a king shall us, but for my part I do not there is a person of that in all the world."
"Yet there may be," Chick, who had been that the just John Dough.
"Oh, of there may be," the man, cordially; "and if there is, and he comes to our island, every one on the will him as king."
Looking along the of the city of Lo, Chick saw that all the people were as and as this soldier, and that they like when they walked. But they as as in a hive, and appeared to be happy and contented; so the child not decide which was the country—that of the people or that of the tall ones. Both prosperous, and on of the the was beautiful.
Chick
It may appear to the reader that neither of the soldiers Chick had spoken with any attempt to question the child. But our friends that one of the laws of the any of the people to ask questions either of or of those the country on the opposite of the wall. However, they were not to answer any questions properly to them, and by nature the tall people and the people were and polite.
Chick this law was to for the the two nations, for, as neither country anything at all about the other one, a of and had them.
