walking encyclopedia! He had everything at his five finger-ends!"

"I think I'll take the same train as the little Star Fish," said
Mary Louise, "for I've never been to the Caribbean Sea and I think
it must be a lovely place."

"May I go with Mary Louise?" asked the Mermaid Princess.

"Well, I don't see why not," answered her father, after a pause, "only
you must get back inside of a fortnight, for your mother will be home
by that time."

"I must see that my mother-of-pearl trunk is packed," said the Princess.
"Come with me, Mary Louise." Then curtseying to the King, they swam
up the water stairway to the room of the little mermaid.

The next morning found Mary Louise and the Mermaid Princess waiting
anxiously at the station for the Iceberg Express. On the platform
they recognized among the passengers their little friend, the Star
Fish. In a few minutes the express thundered into the station. "Watch
your step!" yelled the Polar Bear Porter as he helped Mary Louise
and the Princess on board. Then with a rush and a roar the Iceberg
Express started on its journey for the Mountains of the Sea!





The Wreck