The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-10-23
DE YOUNG People.

Mss Muslin, while down in the kitchen one
day,
And Watching with great admiration the way
IN which, at the table, Abiathsr Ann
Would roll out and fashion "gingerbread-
man."
Heard Miltiades calling and yet, looking out,
He was nowhere in sight, though she gazed all
about.
''why Miltiades-dear me Where are you p
or said she.
&C Here am" cried Miltiades. :" Here up
tree !"
And, sure enough, looking straight up over
head.
There Miltiades was" up in tree," as he
said,
Quite way from the ground, firmly perched
on limb
SO stout 'twould have held mp dozen of him.
"Why p cried she in distress, pray, how did
You get there2"
"Never mild" reDlied he, with mysterious sir,
at maybe 1 climbed up it maybe few;
But III tell you, my dear, what want you to
do.
aust go out to the woodshed, as sly as you
can,
Cwithout saving word to Abiathar ANN
And you'll find there clothes-line which, il
you will bring,
I'll show you, directly, new Kind OF swing.
And while you're about it, stop on the way
back
And get. too, that long pole that John Henry
Jack
Keeps to pick apples with. 1t will answer,
hope,
Asa means to reach up here one end Of the
rope"
80 Miss Muslin, with very great promptness,
obeyed.
And, fiudiug the clothes-line and pole as he
said
She quickly returned and by means Of the lat
ter,
BY standing on tip.toe Ctwss no easy matter y,
She held up the end of the rope so 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 hurry as
she did
Having gotten the rope, he quite coolly pro-
ceeded
10 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 un-
wound
Enough of the line, she should cut it off short,
M the end round her waist, and walk off till
twas taut."
There" at length said Nitisdes, "that Is all
right
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 me down easily out Of the tree"
SO saying, without more ado, he let go,
While Miss Muslin began walking up very
slow.
Bat she, pretty soon, found herself going
somewhat faster
Than tIe wanted 10 go for our hero sur
passed her
Fery much, as may well be imagined, in weight
And began coming down at a marvellous rate.
PRESENTLY, all at once, 10 ! our heroine found
nat her feet, as she ran, were scarce touching
the ground;
And then horrors she felt herself suddenly
caught
fom the earth altogether Cthe rope was too
short y,
Aud, the next instant, there she was slowly
ascending
Higiog vent all the while to screams really
heart-rsndng
b. meeting her couein in mid-air she clung
- l'im wildly-snd then, both together, they
hung
ome six feet from the ground, trying in vain
to get free,
funny sgnt as one often may see.
81 ieast o J'm sure thought Abiathar Ann,
ho laughed from the doorstep until the
tears ran.
Nell she cried, when at myth she had
ehel % them down, " that's
aac very much like the Kilkenny Cats =
aIas. how did you manage to get up there?
Nhy,"
NJ Mllt 4des, heaving very deep sigh,
was showing my cousin a new kind Of
SWING.
( cau't say think very much of tn,
thing !"
--Jvha BroUnohn in Wide AleaEe.
billions BOYhOBd.
he was sent at an early age to st.
ani . school, which stood then as now
the rear OF the great cathedral, a fe y
ps distant from his fathers house