The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-11
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Miltiades Shows His Cousin "a New Kind
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Miltiades shows His Cousin "a New Kind
of SWING"
Miss Muslin, while down in the kitchen one day,
And watching with great admiration the way
In which. at the table, Abathar Ann
Would roii out and fashion a gingerbread man."
Heard Miltiades coming; and yet looking out,
He was nowhere in sight, though she gazed all
about
"why, Mtiades-dear me, Where are yous''
said she.
"Here am" cried Miitiades. "Here, up a tree!"
And, sure enough, looking straight up overhead,
There Miltiades was-"up in a tree" az he said.
Quite way from the ground, firmly perched on q
limb
SO stout 'twould have held up dozen of him.
""hy cried she In DISTRESS pray, how did you
"Never mind" replied he, with mysterious air.
1T may be climbed up: 1t may be deio
But I'll tell you, my dear, what want you TO do.
"Just go out TO the woodshed, az sly az you can.
without saying q word to Abiathar Ami
And you'll md there clothes line, which. if you
will bring,
III show You, directly, new kind of swing.
And, while you're about ii, stop on the way back
And get, too, that long pole that John Henry Jack
Keeps to pick apples with. IL will answer, 1
hope.
Az means to reach up here one end of the
rope"
So Miss Muslin, with very great promptness, obeyed.
And, finding the clothes line and pole he said
BY standing ON up-toe ctwas no easy matter0,
She held up the end of the rope that he
Could reach down and get il from up In the tree.
Then she stood there impatiently, wishing she
Just what twas that her cousin intended to do.
But he seemed by no means in such a hurry as
she did
Having gotten the rope, he quite cooly proceeded
To make a moose in it, and (still in no haste
Deliberately passed il about his own waist.
Mas N IL mi fa To md
He instructed Miss Muslin that having unwound
Enough of the line, she should cut it off short,
Tie the end round her waist, and walk off till twas
"taut."
There" at length said Mltiades, that is all
Now, Just hang back upon it with all of your might
And walk slowly this way, by which means-don't
you see!-
You will let do,on easily out of the tree
So saying, without more ado, he let go,
While Miss Muslin began walking up very slow.
But she, pretty soon. found herself going somewhat
faster
Very much, may well be imagined, in weight
And began coming dozen at a marvellous rate.
Presently, all at once 10! our heroine found
That her feet. she ram were scarce touching the
ground;
And then-horrors she felt herself suddenly
caught
From the earth altogether the rope was too short o.
And the next instant, there she Sio'cly ascend
ing,
Giving vent all the while to screams really heart
rendng
Till, meeting her cousin in mid air she chung
To him wildly, and then, both together, they hung
Some six feet from the ground. trying in vain TO
get free
As funny sight as one often may see.
At least so I'm sure thought Abiathar Ann,
Who laughed from the doorstep, until the tears
ran.
well =" she cried when at length she had helped
them down: that's
case very much like the Kilkenny cats.
Pray, how did you manage to get up there ?'
why"
Said Miltiades. heaving very deep sigh
" | was showing my cousin Kind OT siciRg,
But can't say think very much of the thingr
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