Page 31 - Adventures of Peterkin Paul

No, IX. — M IL T IA U E S !S G U IL T Y OF “ P IC K IN G A N D STE A LIN G /'

L ITTLE Miltiades Pcterk in Paul, (T h a t was what people called Mr Solomon SI),
Going down to the post-offi« one day in fall,
Whose orchard ic was ) should be watching near by,
As lie loitered along the road, chanced to espy tie got over the w;ill and climbed into the tree,—
(0 , diere never was such a smart climber as lie ! )
And presently found himself high in the tree-top.
With more apples about him than ten men could cat
up.

Then be braccd himself limily and tasted a lew;
And finding them quite to his taste lie set to.
Devouring one after another untit
In a verv short time lie bad eaten his iUL

A tree thick with fruit in an orchard dose by.
“ O lio!11 he cried gleefully, “ F e e '— Fo! — Fit —
Firm ’
Those arc nice looking russets. — I guess I'll Have
same.
I can’t stand by and see good fruit Iwug there and
rot.
E realty can't do it, — indeed t can not! ”

And he breathed a most heart-rending sigh as be
So little Miitiades Petcrkin Paul,
Having looked all around, lest perchance Uncle ceased.
“ Ah I they say that enough is as good as a feast,"
Sal