Page 22 - Adventures of Peterkin Paul

(i But, mo&t ni*blc Miltiades Peterkin Pan!,1" Down the road, past the mi 11, at the top of his speed,
Quoth the stranger, “ l"in sure there is nrt danbt at And he certainly ran very swiftly indeed.
Why, wirli such wondrous quickness his little legs
:)ll.
flow ,
You'd liiivt: thought he had twenty instead of blit two.

But little Miltiades Peter-kin Pan),
tie Listened in vain for the stranger 10 c a ll;
And he ran on and 011, without stopping, until
At length, when he got to (lie top oE the hill,
Ht; w as all nut o f breach, and cjuitt' red in the faee
Witll running Up I til I at SO dreadful a p:u:L‘ l
And tit- hail to sit down ihert ahd rest for awhile,
Before he walked bn irk to the old roadside: slilc-

And alas I when Militaries Pcterkiu Paul
(jot back. I hi found iid one tliere waiting at all.
The stranger had vanished, and nowhere around
Any trace of the kettle or dinner he found.
There was nothing remained but his broad-brimmed
straw bat r
With diose stout, sturdy legs J ptrcejve you have 1L W ell," cried he, " iL is lucky he didn't take that/
there
(Far I never did see stitli a beautiful pair).
Ynu can to the hayfield in time, Wen though
You should stop m d converse for ft moment or so.
And [ must say. of all the [ads /ever knew,
'('here was never :i one could compart, sir, Tvith-jraw/

,_As (or running,11 continued the man." now t wonder
Hour long' it would take yon to mount the hill yonder?
Suppose ih^-c y<>H [tv it) n’-y lint little man,
Start from here and run down the road fas? as von
can.
I will Lake fight good eare of voiit kettle meanwhile,
And will stay here and wail for you close by the stile
Coint now, start when E count three, and run fill I
call
Votir nnmi.i&iu„■ M il-tjaher Pk-itvR-^jn E"

So Little Miltiaden Ptttfkin Paul,
Put liis kettle down carefully, close by the wall,
And flinging his broad-brimme-d straw hat on the
ground, O. I ncvtT tUtl see such a smooth spoken manJ
He awaited the word. then Was off with a bound, lie wnuhl almost deceive our Abiathar Ann ! "