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Fulton - -Release Date: September 7, 2021 [eBook #66237] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading - Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from - scans of public domain works at The National Library of - Australia.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NO-TIME-LAND *** - - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - - No-Time-Land . . - - - A STORY - FOR . . . - GIRLS AND BOYS. - - - . BY . - M. J. C. FULTON. - - - Tasmania: - PRINTED AT THE EXAMINER OFFICE, LAUNCESTON. - 1901. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - To all my dear little Nephews, Nieces, and - other little boys and girls, this Story is - dedicated, trusting they will derive both - amusement and profit from its pages. - - Wishing them all a “Happy New Century.” - - From their affectionate Aunt and Friend, - - MARY J. C. FULTON. - - LEITH, - TASMANIA, - DECEMBER, 1900. - - -[Illustration] - - - - - A STORY OF NO-TIME-LAND. - - - [Illustration] - - - CHAPTER I. - - -“Guy, come and play with me.” - -“Oh! I can’t, Tina, I have no time; I am going fishing soon with Urie -Cass.” - -“Oh, dear!” said the little voice; “you never get time, Guy, to have a -game.” - -“Cannot you have one game with her, sonny!” said his mother; “the wee -girlie is dull playing by herself all day.” - -“But mother, dear, I have no time now,” and so saying, Guy shouldered -his fishing rod and walked off. - -But his mother’s sad, grieved expression seemed to haunt him all day, -and his little sister’s voice echoed so in his ears, that the fishing -was not altogether such an enjoyable time as he expected. He got back -tired and hungry, and soon after tea he was glad to go to bed. - -He was just dropping off to sleep, when his eyes seemed to wander -to the open window, where the moonbeams were dancing in, as if they -had come to see what sort of a room it was, and what the inmate was -like. They are inquisitive little things, you know; both moonbeams and -sunbeams. They like to get into all the odd dark corners, and if people -are dirty and slovenly in their work, they show up the dust, and dirt, -as much as to say: “Oh, fie, for shame, you slovenly creatures!” - -Just as Guy’s eyes alighted on the windows he saw two ladies come -floating in on the moonbeams. “There he is,” one of them whispered, -“that is the little boy who has no time. Let us carry him off to -No-Time-Land.” - -[Illustration: “_He saw two ladies come floating in on the moonbeams._”] - -Guy was fascinated at the beauty of his visitors; so much so that he -never thought of hiding under the bed-clothes; but it would have been -little use if he had done so, for these kind of ladies see everything, -like the fairies of fairyland. They lifted him up; it was no use his -struggling, for he seemed quite powerless and unable to move a limb. -While they were carrying him, Guy noticed they were very pretty. -Gueldine, as her companion called her, had golden hair and large brown -eyes, with golden brown lashes and eyebrows, the other had chestnut -brown hair, and large blue eyes, with dark brown lashes and eyebrows; -her name was Crystal. - -They ought to have changed eyes, he thought: but perhaps they would not -have looked so nice? His eyes next went to their dresses. Gueldine’s -dress was pure white, with a gold thread interwoven through it, and a -gold sash with long ends. It gave her a very dazzling appearance. On -her hair she wore a crescent moon of diamonds and rubies. Crystal’s -dress was white, with silver interwoven, a silver sash with long ends; -in her hair were stars made of diamonds and sapphires. - -Away they went, over hills and water, then he caught sight of dim grey -hills in the distance, as they drew nearer to them the two ladies -exclaimed――“Here we are in No-Time-Land.” - -They floated across to the nearest town, and placed him on a bench in -the middle of one of the parks, as it was getting daylight, and said, -“Good-by, little boy, we have no time to stop,” and away they went. -Guy watched them till he could see them no longer, and as it was fast -getting daylight, and things were becoming clearer every minute, he -roused himself, as he found now he could move, and looked around. -Dear me! What a dreadful untidy-looking place; and so it was, for -papers were lying about everywhere. In the centre of the square was a -fountain, but it was broken; the wall round the basin was crumbling -and falling to pieces; the water seemed stagnant, the flower beds, and -grass lawns were overgrown with weeds, and everything looked sadly -neglected and forlorn. A boy came sauntering along, so Guy said to -him――“Boy; why does your park look so neglected and untidy?” The boy -stared at him. - -“Are you a stranger?” he asked at last. - -“Yes,” said Guy. - -“Well,” said the other; “no one has time here to put it right.” - -“Are they so busy,” asked Guy. - -“Too busy to answer your questions,” replied the other, and walked off. - -“No time either for manners,” shouted Guy; but the boy was out of -earshot, so did not hear. - -“I will go into the town,” he thought, “and see what it is like,” so -got up and strolled about; but everywhere he went the same neglect met -his eyes. He became very hungry after a while, and seeing a young woman -hurrying along, went up to her. - -“Is there any place here where I can get something to eat, please -ma’am,” asked Guy. - -“Oh! I have no time to talk to little boys,” she said. - -Again and again he asked the same question, and received the same -reply. He at last saw a pastry cook’s shop, and went in. People kept -coming in and ordering things, and, eating them, went out, saying, “I -have no time to pay, put it down.” A little girl came in and asked for -two penny buns. - -“Why don’t you pay for them?” asked Guy. - -“No one pays here,” she said, “we have no time.” - -How dreadfully dishonest, he thought. - -“Please ma’am,” said Guy, “I am so hungry, can you give me some bread -and butter and milk? but I have no money to pay for it.” - -She handed him a couple of rolls and some butter on a plate, also a -large tumbler of hot milk. - -“Never mind about money,” she said; “I have no time to take it. I will -just put it down,” and she immediately started to eat a cake. - -[Illustration: “_Never mind about money,” she said; “I have no time to -take it._”] - -Guy began to laugh, saying――“That’s a funny way to put it down.” - -“No time for anything else,” she replied. - -Guy sighed. I am getting quite tired hearing those words, he thought to -himself, “No time, no time,” always dinned into one’s ears. As he had -finished his meal he went out. - - - - - CHAPTER II. - - -Seeing a number of children going to school, he followed them in, and -sat down with them. - -They all started as the schoolmaster came in to sing―― - - We have no time to learn our lessons, - No time! no time at all, - We do not want to gain any sense, - As we have no sense like Paul. - -“I suppose Paul is the schoolmaster,” said Guy to the girl sitting next -to him. - -“What is your name?” she asked. - -“Guy,” he answered. - -Then they all began to sing again―― - - There was a little boy, - And he was called a guy, - He wished to know Oom Paul; - But like the rest of us, - He had no sense at all. - -Guy became very angry upon hearing this, and began himself to sing―― - - You have no sense at all! - You need not tell me so. - I’ve no time to talk to you, - So I’ll take my hat and go. - -“School is dismissed,” said the schoolmaster, “I have no time to-day to -hear lessons.” - -Guy went down a narrow lane, or passage, it seemed, as it was carpeted; -he saw a little boy crying. - -“What’s the matter?” said Guy. - -“I have no time to tell you,” he said. - -“Oh, rubbish,” said Guy; “make time.” - -The boy looked up in surprise. - -“Why that is what they used to say to me before I came down here. But I -am not clever, and I cannot make anything, not even time.” - -Guy was disgusted. - -“No;” he said, “stupids like you want a good beating, and I would like -to give you one, only I think it would be a waste of time to give you -even that.” - -“I did not know time had a waist,” said the boy. “I thought it was only -people.” - -“You thickhead,” said Guy, and walked off. - -“What funny words he uses,” said the boy “I wonder where he comes from? -But, oh dear; I have no time to think.” - -Almost at the end of the passage Guy came to a large eight-day clock; -he stood and gazed at it with surprise; and well he might. For the -clock was fixed upon a long stick; in the centre of the clock the eyes -and lips moved as if it was alive. Outside the face it had figures all -round, in order to tell the time of day. The arms and hands protruded -from the sides of the clock like numerous arms and hands; which gave -it rather an odd look. The pendulum hung below, swinging backwards and -forwards. Just as Guy was looking at him, the clock opened his mouth, -rolled up his eyes, and began to sing―― - - Tick, tick, I’m a clock upon a stick; - Never on a shelf I’ll stay; - But in this no-time-land - Upon a stick I’ll stand, - And my pendulum will wag all day. - -“Dear me,” said Guy; “I’ve heard something like that before; but it -sounds all wrong?” - -“Everything is wrong in this land,” said the clock. - -“How is that?” asked Guy. - -“No time,” said the clock. - -“Did you ever study?” again asked Guy. - -“Study?” questioned the clock, in a tone of surprise. “I have heard of -a person being in a brown study, if that is what you mean.” - -“No, no! Study the time,” said Guy. “If you studied time you might -manage to get along better, you know.” - -“Oh! I get along alright,” said the clock; “only if there is no time, -how can you study it?” He gave such a loud tick, and pulled such a -funny grimace that it frightened Guy, so he began to run; and, as he -turned the corner, seeing no one was after him, he stopped to take -breath, and there right in front of him was a large open piece of -ground, in the centre of which was a summer house, and roads branching -all ways from it, and sign-posts saying where each road led to. - -[Illustration] - - - - - CHAPTER III. - - -Guy read some of the signs. One was to the land Selfishness, another -to Forgetfulness. To the land of Put-off, and By-and-by. Another was I -Can’t and I Won’t. - -“Oh, dear! They are all as bad as the one I am in, and I’ve no time to -read any more. Dear! Dear! I am always saying no time myself now;” and, -feeling very miserable, he entered the arbour, sat down on one of the -cane chairs, and, putting his arms on the table, rested his head on -them. - -“What a dreadful muddle things have got into.” - -“Perhaps you have stirred up the mud,” said a voice. - -Guy started! “The only sensible thing I have heard yet,” he thought; -and, looking up, saw on the mantelpiece――he never noticed a fireplace -in the arbour before――a little old man holding a scroll. - -“May I ask your name, please sir?” said Guy. - -“Mr. Memory-Pricker,” replied the little man; “but I am called M.P. for -short.” - -“Why, that stands for member of Parliament too,” said Guy. - -“Well, it is the same thing,” answered the little man. “You see, -‘Parle’ in French means to speak. So it is meant, that I, an active -member, speak to, and prick up, people’s memories; it is what people -would call a play upon words; only you have a way of putting it -backwards.” - -“Please, sir, can you tell me why this is called No-Time-Land; at -least, how it got its name?” - -“Well, I think I can,” said the M.P. “You must have noticed people -hurrying along bent on some great purpose, but they never seem to -attain that purpose; or to put it still plainer, they want to do some -great thing, or even little things, but they never get time, they say, -to do them, so all their great and little ideas end in simple talk. -Consequently, and in fact, all lazy people who say they have no time, -are sent to No-Time-Land.” - -“Do they ever leave here? Mr. M.P.” - -“Sometimes,” said the little man, “when they stray into my arbour, I -prick up their memories; they occasionally turn over a new leaf then, -if they wish to overcome their bad habits; but it is not often,” sighed -he, “not often!” - -“May I ask what you use the scroll for, please sir?” - -“Yes; this is my scrap book. I am a collector of poetry, wise sayings, -and various other things of interest. Here is a piece――you may like to -read.” - -Guy got up and went close to the scroll, and read these lines―― - - No time like the present - To do the things that are right; - If you let your chances slip, - They may vanish from your sight. - - Then do the thing that’s right, - Find time to help another; - Let love be the golden rule, - No time lost in endeavour. - -“I like that,” said Guy. “I think I will have a try, too.” - -“Small beginnings may lead to great endings,” said the Memory Pricker. - -Ting, ting, went a bell. A great noise arose. Guy hurried out to see -what it was all about. People were hurrying along, shouting “Kill him! -Kill him! Kill him!” - -“Kill who?” cried Guy, running up to a small boy. - -“Time, of course;” said the boy. - -“But why kill him,” cried Guy. “What has he done?” - -“You simpleton,” said the other, “have you never heard of ‘People -killing time’ or ‘Murdering the time’?” - -“Yes I have,” remarked Guy; “but instead of ‘Killing’ him, suppose -you try and ‘Keep’ time my boy?” so saying, Guy stuck out his leg and -tripped him up. Guy heard Mr. Time laugh and shout out―― - - Tick, tick, said the clock upon a stick, - “Pride will have a fall,” they say. - -But Guy heard no more, for he had to run, as the little boy was chasing -him. He ran and ran till he was nearly out of breath, and thought the -boy would soon catch him, as he was gaining on him fast. - -When he heard someone shaking him, and saying, “Guy, dear! Guy, wake -up! the breakfast bell has rung, and you will be late for school.” - -“Oh! Mother,” said Guy, “can it all be only a dream?” - -“Yes, sonny; you have been very fast asleep; but hurry, now, and you -can tell me your dream as soon as you are dressed.” - -While he was eating his breakfast, he told his mother his dream. - -“Was it not a strange dream, Mother?” - -“Yes, dearie; but strange dreams are often sent us for some wise -purpose, if we have only the wisdom to understand the meaning of them.” - -“You mean, Mother, it was sent to break me of my fault of always saying -‘I have no time.’” - -His mother smiled, and said “Just that, sonny!” - -In after years, Guy used to say that dream of his was at the bottom -of all his success in life, as he mastered a bad fault, and at last -quite gave up saying “I have no time,” but always “found time” for -everything, not only in doing his own work, but also in helping others, -so that his life became a truly happy and useful one. - -And now, dear little readers, will you also try and overcome your -faults? Not in your own strength, for then you will surely fail; but -in the strength of Him, who said “Be ye perfect, even as your Father -in Heaven is perfect.” Then you, too, can claim the promise, which is -this:――“He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his -God, and he shall be my son.”――Rev. xxi. 7. - - “Time is short, - If idly spent, no art or care - Time’s blessing can restore; - And God requires a strict account - For every misspent hour.” - - - - - _Printed at The Examiner Office, - Launceston, Tasmania._ - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes: - -――Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). - -――Punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NO-TIME-LAND *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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