Page 33 - Adventures of Peterkin Paul

" y ^ ’ VE1' 2II mean things riint I kiK m /' remarked As Jit; came down die front stairway, chanced to espy
V y Farmer Gray, EHii brothers conversing in s-ecreE close by,
As ihe family lingered al breakfast, one day, — “ AJiaJ11 muttered lie, as lit- tuniud and drew backf
"Now , whit i:i tile WOl'ld can our loliii I lenry Jack
And Benjamin Franklin be talking; shout?
E declarcl I believe I must tty :md fiurl cun.''

So 1 is tie Militaries Peterkin Paul
He crejH back tip the stairs, and around thnnLph the
hail,
Then down ihc hack stairway — taking precious
good care

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“ The meanest is tkluting. I imuL none of yw "
(Here he g!nnced round tiic board) ;<&ucli a base
niiiu" would dol "
"N o , indeed I " cried e>ur Iicro, lii?. mouth full of
waffle,
“ i am sure I should hapt uoi— it's perfectly rwlul I
Voit wnn't hear nf Miltiades F’vierkill ^nul
Being cau^lit at eavesdropping. No, s irl Not jit
a lt!’’
That no nnc should sec— id she best piiiury. where
Yet that very forenoon ;'tis witti p i i f 1 recall (With no tittle risk to his nether apparel)
The story) Miltiades Peterkin Paul, lie cautiously mounted i tor^c Soiir-barrcl,