The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
hIiItiades Shows His Cousin "a New Kind
of SWing.''

hIi1tiades 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, Abiathar Ann
Would roll out and fashion 8 gingerbread man,
Heard Mlltiades coming: and yet, looking out
He was nowhere in sight, though she gazed all
about.
@Why, Miltiades-dear me! Where are you?,
said she.
And, sure enough looking straight up overhead,
There Miltiades was-"up in a tree" he said.
Quite way from the ground, firmly perched on
limb
So stout 'twould have held up a dozen of him.
"Whyl" cried she in distress, pray, how did you
get there?"
"Never mind replied he with mysterious air.
at may be climbed up: it may be feaO;
But I'll tell you, my dear, what want yoW to do.
"Just go out to the woodshed, as sly as you can,
Without saying word to Abiathar ANN,
And you'll find there clothes line, which, if you
will bring,
I'll show you. directly, new kind of swing.
And, while you're about it. stop the way back
And get, too that long pole that John Henry Jack
Keeps to pick apples with. 1t will answer, |
AS means to reach up here one end of the
rope"
And, finding the clothes-l line and pole as he said
She quickly returned and by means of the latter,
By standing on tip-toe Ctwas no easy matterD,
She held up the end of the rope that he
Could reach down and get it from up in the tree.
Then she stood there impatiently, wishing she
knew
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 coolly proceeded
To make moose in it, and (still in no haste
Deliberately passed it about his own waist
Next carefully dropping his knife to the ground,
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 Miltiades, "that is all
right!
Now, just hang back upon it with all of your might
And walk slowly this way, by which means-dont
you see?-
You will let me 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
Than she wanted to go: for our hero surpassed her
Very much, as may well be imagined, in weight,
And began coming doaon at marvellous rate.
Presently all at once, 10 our heroine found
That her feet. she ran were scarce touching the
ground
And then-horrors!-sh felt herself suddenly
caught
From the earth altogether (the rope too short j.
And, the next instant there she was sloOly ascend
ing,
Giving vent all the while to screams really heart
rending,
Till, meeting her cousin in mid-air she clung
To him wildly, and then, both together. they hung
Some six feet from the ground, trying in vain to
get free
funny sight as one often may see.
At least so I'm SIRE Thought Ahiathar
Who laughed, from the doorstep, until the tears
ran.
g Well ~ she cried when at length she had helped
them down; " that's
A case very much like the Kilkenny cats, =
Pray, how did you manage to get up there 2n
why
Said Miltiades. heaving very deep sigh
. l was showing my cousin ne1o Kind Of sa0i1aq
But can't say think very much of the thing!''
John Bf0e0nj0hn, IN October Vide AeOake