Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman

ALTHOUGH L stands equally for Libby and Lion, and W for William and / Whale, it is not to be inferred that the two small travelers thus / labeled felt in any degree the courage of the king of beasts or the / importance of the king of fishes. With every turn of the car wheels / after they left the Junction, Will'm seemed to grow smaller and more / bewildered, and Libby more frightened and forlorn. In Will'm's picture / of this ride they had borne only their initials. Now they were faring / forth tagged with their full names and their father's address. Miss / Sally had done that "in case anything should happen."

If Miss Sally had not suggested that something might happen, Libby might / not have had her fears aroused, and if they had been allowed to travel / all the way in the toilet-room which Miss Sally and Grandma Neal showed / them while the train waited its usual ten minutes at the Junction, they / could have kept themselves too busy to think about the perils of / pilgrimage. Never before had they seen water spurt from shining faucets / into big white basins with chained-up holes at the bottom. It suggested / magic to Libby, and she thought of several games they could have made, / if they had not been hurried back to their seats in the car, and told / that they must wait until time to eat, before washing their hands.