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No. i l l . — IN W H IC H IiI-: 15 U N AB LE TO M IN D HIS OW N BUSINESS.
IT T L E Miltiades Pettrkin Paul
L ■ Or-i.1 (hy made uj> lib mind he mmld £c down
and ca.il
On lilt; lil U'j old w-pinmi i ]i;hL Ilvl.s in thr.L Wt)ud.
11 For,1' said ftt itt Jmnself, " ii is u'ull understood
■[’hill she has heaps e>i trt: us lire all hidden away ;
Arid wJief knows. if J yo down and sec her [O'day,
But she may tafce a fane}' to me, while I'm there,
And perhaps. when she flies, she will make me her
heir."
When little Miltiades go-t lo Lhe wood
fife found the old woman in fighi merry mood.
And she bushed when she saw him, iirtd stroked htr
black cat ;
Ana she looked very queer in Fie? Ln.IL primed hat.
And her quaint^ high-heeled shoci, and her funny old
g ow n ,
