explosion. After that we were in the water and there was nothing
around us but cracked ice."

"Dining car in the rear," announced the Polar Bear porter, walking
down the isle with a menu card held gracefully in his paw. "Last call
for the dining car!"

"Goodness!" exclaimed Mary Louise. "Let's hurry, or we won't be able
to get anything to eat, and I always love to eat in a dining car."

Jumping up from the seat, she and the Princess swam down the aisle,
across the vestibuled platform, through the next car, and then into
the diner.

There were quite a number of passengers still seated at the different
little tables. A soldierly looking Penguin sat at one and a few tables
beyond a motherly looking Seal with a baby boy Seal at her side was
just finishing some delicious looking pink water ice.

Mary Louise and the Mermaid sat down at the nearest table and looked
over the menu. It was great fun selecting what they wanted, and
when they had finished their water ices they felt that they had dined
most sumptuously.

They then returned to their seats and looked out of the window for a
time. Strange sights met their eyes as the train rushed on. There
were no telegraph poles to count, nor cows to see grazing in green
meadows. Instead, however, were numerous fish swimming here and there,
some of gorgeous coloring, others of white or silver hue. Hills and
valleys of sand, as well as long meadows of seaweed, stretched away