“I’m in love with the man in the moon,
And I’m going to marry him soon,
And behind some dark cloud, where there’s no one allowed,
I’ll make love to the man in the moon.”
“That settles it and I’m with you even if I must desert my kingdom forever,” cried “Happy” Cockey, as he took passage in Electric No. 1, bound for the outer regions.
The next stopping place will be “500,000-mile station,” said Captain Haines, “and I believe we will find some notable personage there.”
It took but one hour for Electric No. 1 to make the journey to Skippityvous, as the retreat was named by Tom Dushane, the only Frenchman aboard.
“What do you know about that?” cried Ed. C. Keeler, “I’ll be jiggered if there isn’t Col. L. D. Parker, Charles Thomas, Frank Kingsbury and Arthur W. Copp sitting out there under a big oak tree playing a series of delightful games.”