Page 27 - Adventures of Peterkin Paul

T H E A D V E N T U R E S O F M ILT IA D E S P E T E R K IN PA U L,
N a V II. — MILTIADES CELEBRATES T H E "G L O R IO U S F O U R T H /’

HV JOHN flfcOWNjCNIN,

L i t t l e Miltiades peterkin Pun! S:dlied [(.lib ki the barn-yajd wiih triumphant ihrnit,
Had come back to the firm from the Ceniertnial,
Wildly flinging torpedoes and cracker* about.
WitEi his little heart brimful of love, pure am] true, And Hie cattle, anti fowls, and the pigs in the :-i;y,
For the glorious old colors, the red, white and blue ; Sqqh awoke to the fact thflt twi; Fourth of July,
Such a lowing apd cackling And squealing, lie sure,
Has never been henrd either since or before,

JiuL, alnst youi]j Miltiades Peterkin !J;inl
Found these ji>ys. like some others, nol lasting *t all.
Long e’er noon Ins totpftdoes and crackers were
gone,
And he even grew tired of blowing his horn,
lint nt length, wand'ring rgund to the front porch, lol
there
L:ty okt Tabby1, asleep in his grandmother's chnir,
‘*Ah| I have l ( ! " he cried, " I will blow up the
cat 3
I njrkon she'll very S*XHi move 01H of t&att

And Iw sure, when the Fourth of July Ciime iron nil,
A stauncher yernn^ patriot POuld Tinwiicre lie found.
At least, it is eettain th;it 110 nut! suCiieeded
In making more ntHse and confusion clin.ii he did.

He wsm tint of his trundle-bed promptly at dawn,
And was ben tin" his drum and was blowing his horn.
Then, since t lies course entirely failed to arouse
T o a sense of its duty the rest of l^e house.
He Vttlt mnrcEiinjSf JlboLirr crying loudly, “ Hi, hi !
Have you fa I Its ;ill forgotten ’tin Fout'ih of July?
Why I what would George Washington think of yon
all I ” ,
Exclaimed little Miltiades Peterkin Paul-
" There’s a big horn nf powder1 that hangs in the
AEtflt breakfast, Mittindc? Peterkin Paul, hall,'1
In his soldier-hat, epaulettes, plufiic;, spurs, and all, Continued Miltiades Peterkin Pnul \