Page 294 - Adventures in shadow-land

“ Do you know, Ichabod," said Job, “ that

Master Torrey and I just found the figure-head of
the poor Sea-aymph, all shattered to bits on the

rocks ? The waves brought her all this way to
smash her at last.”

“ I wish they had smashed her at first," said
Ichabod.

“ W hy?" said Job, with a curious look.
“ Because/’ said Ichabod, “ she was an un­

lucky creature from the first. She was too much
alive for a wooden image, and too wooden to be a
live woman, much less a goddess.”