"Oh, anything."
"Let me think a moment," said the young man.
He bent his eyes thoughtfully upon the wood-fire that crackled in
the wide-open fireplace, and soon signified that he was ready to
begin.
All the children gathered around him, and even Mrs. Frost,
sitting quietly at her knitting, edged her chair a little nearer,
that she, too, might listen to Mr. Morton's story. As this was of
some length, we shall devote to it a separate chapter.
CHAPTER XIX. THE WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATION
"My story," commenced Mr. Morton, "is rather a remarkable one in
some respects; and I cannot vouch for its being true. I shall
call it 'The Wonderful Transformation.'
"Thomas Tubbs was a prosperous little tailor, and for forty years
had been a resident of the town of Webbington, where he had been
born and brought up. I have called him little, and you will agree
with me when I say that, even in high-heeled boots, which he
always wore, he measured only four feet and a half in height.
"In spite, however, of his undersize, Thomas had succeeded in
winning the hand of a woman fifteen inches taller than himself.
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