Page 21 - Adventures of Peterkin Paul

No. IV .— IN W H IC H M IIT IA D E S IS O VERCO M E 11V F L A T T E R Y

L IT T L E Miltiodetf Peteikin Paul, To take the bny-i1 dinner — thfey’re making' the hav.
Now, if you'll excuse me, FH haste on my i\av,
'iKj.it)] (he cheny-tree, henT<! some
Half
ofle call.
Eio lie jumped briskly u|>, nn<l around the house rasi,
And there stood his sister, Abiathar Ann,
Who RElidf ■'Ygu rnust g<) Fit Cffwe dfiw n to thL‘ Int,
And Eakt the boy5r dinner— here 'Lis, smoking hot
In this, kettle. Don't ttll ilie tramps what you have
in it,
If you do they xvi11 take it away in a minute,^

So Eitc.[e Miitiades Peterkiu Paul
Hurried n-f? down the ianc, und was climbing the wall.
When he saw, all at oimc. sitting- there on the stile,
A steck-looltitig man, iHjo nrose with n smile.
And Irtaking 3 low boWT phKitded to snyr —
" My fine little Fellow, I wish vou go™! day.
Ajid what, let me 15I1, is your name, sir ? and where
Are you going so fast, pray ? And what have you
there 1"

"M y name is MiStiades Peterkin Paul."
Said Miitiades, thinking no liarm could befall
In pausing 10 answer so tivil a !imnr Else, before I "tt there, sir, the dinner'll be cdd.
1,11 am go-iri? 10 the tnl for Abkthax Ann, Ami /oliti Henry JntJt will be certain to scold”