CHAPTER XXXII.

HOW WE ENTERED THE LAND OF THE HAPPY FORGETTERS.—SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THESE CURIOUS FOLK.—THEIR DREAD OF BULGER AND ME.—ONLY A STAY OF ONE DAY ACCORDED US.—DESCRIPTION OF THE PLEASANT HOMES OF THE HAPPY FORGETTERS.—THE REVOLVING DOOR THROUGH WHICH BULGER AND I ARE UNCEREMONIOUSLY SET OUTSIDE OF THE DOMAIN OF THE RATTLEBRAINS.—ALL ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS WHICH HAPPENED TO BULGER AND ME THEREAFTER.—ONCE MORE IN THE OPEN AIR OF THE UPPER WORLD, AND THEN HOMEWARD BOUND. 224

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Only Authentic Portrait of Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian von Troomp (from the oil painting) _Frontispiece_

Departure from Castle Trump 9

Along a Highway of the Under World 23

Before her Majesty Galaxa, Queen of the Mikkamenkies 35

A Dinner easily provided for 47

Princess Crystallina uncovers her Heart 59

Crystallina’s Heart on a Screen 71

Bulger parts his Master from Princess Crystallina 83

The Formifolk try the Beat of the Baron’s Heart by Telephone 95

Barrel Brow engaged in reading Four Books at once 107

A Soodopsy Maiden reading her Favorite Poet 119

The Gigantic Tortoise that devoured Pouting Lip 131

Sailing away from the Land of the Soodopsies 143

The Battle for Life with the White Crabs 155

The Little Man with the Frozen Smile 167

Bulger shows the Baron Something Wonderful 179

The Baron’s Flight to the Ice Palace 191

Death of Fuffcoojah 197

Koltykwerpian Quarrymen hewing a Passage through the Wall of Ice 203

The Wonderful Ride on the Block of Ice 207

The Tropics of the Under World 213

Through the Revolving Door 219

Caught up in the Arms of the Torrent 225

Hurled out in the Sunshine 231

A MARVELLOUS UNDERGROUND JOURNEY