Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-10
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And it was SO that when the apples were
ripe they were farer to look upon than |
other fruit of the field.
And Ahpulblozm, the son of Harratuthe,
commanded his family that they should
not touch so much as one apple.
For he said, " 1t is sacrifice to the i'm.
mortal gods"
And when fair Saturday morning was
come, Ahpuiblozm, the husbandman, tied
up the dog at the house, and went by him.
self and lay down in the grass in the
orchard.
For he said, "Of a verify, will give the
boys chance"
For he wist there was no school of
! Saturday,
And the boys come betimes and they
climb gently over the fence and swarmed
up the apple tree as of old.
And when they saw the fruit that it was
fairer than any fruit Of the field, they
smacked their lips and reioiced, and said
one to another, Oh, golly." and alas, " Oh,
guess not !" and moreover, " Yum, Yum!"
But it was SO that when boy had laid
hold upon an apple and had eaten one bite
of it, that he turned him round about and
cried unto his fellow and said, "Of truth
am stabbed
But they thought he Knocked them and
they said, $50 to, thou hast a devil"
And when another lad had bitten an
apple, he was stricken with remorse and
said unto his fellows: Deliver me up while
there is yet time, for am the man who
robbed the Manhattan bank /"
And they marvelled greatly, but Ahpul-
blozm the husbandmen stuffed the grass of
the field into his mouth that he might not
laugh.
And third boy laid hold of an apple
and bit it, and when he had crushed his
bite only once he cried aloud, "Bury me
close to the school housed" and he slid
down the tree and lay in the clover and
twisted himself up and wept.
And when yet another boy had plucked
an apple and tasted it, he called unto those
who were with him, Help me home, for |
, have swallowed a Fourth of July"
: And even another boy bit into an apple
and it was SO that when he bit, he let 20
| all holds, and fell upon his back in the
r clover, and gasped, . pray thee, let not
t the medical students carve up my body
l And when yet another lad had bitten an
I apple, lie came down from the tree and lay
3 down by the road side and sought to die
but could not
9 And another lad took unto himself
: large bite, and he cloIA6 down, and wen
away into desert place, and laid down or
' the railroad track that the down expires,
e might come along and ripple over him.
And so it was, that all around the orchard
there were lads who were doubled up, anC
e who feared to look upon each others faces
D And they ate sand, and prayed the immor
b tai gods that the awful taste which the,
Q tasted might die with them, end not b
visited upon their children's children.
e And when night was come they got then
IS home, but when meat was set before then
It they would not eat it.
h For, of verify, they could not taste tn
difference between the tatfy and dogfenne
O tea.
r. And it was so that after many days, whe
v one Of the lads should see an apple, that b
If lay down and had fit.
o Ahpulblozm, the son of Harratutht
arose up out of the grass and he commune
e with himself and he said ;" Ho, no."
d And he took one of the apples which tn
lads had bitten, and he handed it to tn
d sandy pig.
D And it was so that when the sandy pi
" bit it, that he looked up into the face
o. Ahpulblozm the son of Harratuthe, an
as rebuked him with - reproachful expression
AS And the sandy pig said, "Of trut
k. thou hast played it on me pretty fne."
And he lit out and took to the wooC
,e and he never was seen not none no NOR
" But the orchard of Ahpulblozm the SO
Of Harratuthe grew and AourisheG an
ID bore fruit as it had never done before.
I'd For there was no lad in all the towI
ne and the country round about, who wou
he eat of its fruit.
,lf And each year Ahpulblozm the son
be Harratuthe kept the cider presses goin
th and made champagne for the market, ar
he he waxed fat and was elected supervise
and had money to loan.-Bwlington Ha,c
m. eye,