The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-22

ITip-Top as his younger brother.
He certainly is a man of talent,
said the mayor, and it is pity that
he should be executed.
Then the thief fell on his knees and
begged the mayor to pardon him.
promising to live and die an honest
man. And he kept his promise. He
engaged in business, and, aided by
Tip-Top's advice and influence, made
a large fortune"
What became of the talking sad
dle?" asked Buster John
Well replied Mr. Thimblefinger,
lTip-Top hung the saddle in his front
porch, as you have seen farmers do.
He thought a great deal of it,"
I've read something about the
great thief" remarked Buster John.
But the story didn't end. that way.
The thief escaped every time"
"Oh, well, you know how some .peo-
pie are explained Mrs. Meadows.
They want everything to happen just
so; even a thief must be big man if
he's in story; but don't believe any
body ever stole anything yet without
getting into trouble about it,
who is that crying?" Mr.. Rabbit
suddenly exclaimed.
7 hear no crying" said Mrs. Mead
ows.
Il certainly thought I heard crying"
persisted Mr.. Rabbit.
1T is Chickany Crany Crow and Tick
| le-My-Toes singing. Listenr'
Sure enough the queer looking boy
and the queer looking girl were singing
a song. One sang one line and the
other the next line, and this made the
somewhat comical. The words were
something like these:
CHICKAMY CRANY CROW.
''Oh, sing it slow
This song of we
OF the girl who went to wash her toe!
Her name was chick
Ooh, run here quick!
The words so thick)-
MISUNDERSTANDING Crany Crow
Chiekamy what? and Chickamy
She went to the well and fell in
| the ditch;
What o'clock old witch?
The clock struck one
And bowed to the sun;
But the sun was fast asleep you know;
And the moon was quick,
With her old time trick
To hide from Chick
hickamy-Chickam Crany Crow
Chickainy what? and Chickamy
which?
She went to the well and fell in
What o'clock old witch?
Oh. sad to tell!
She went to the we'll
To Chickamy Chick,
So supple and slick.
| The clock said tick!
| But when she got back her chicken was
Oh, whatamy, whichamy cnickamy,
Moonery, oonery, t,ckamy toe!
Wellery, tellery, Cutlery got
| Witchery, itchery, knickery know
what kinder gwines on is dat? ex-
claimed Drusilla, whose mind had even
/ been quite easy since she walked
through the dry water in the spring
without getting drowned. I'VE all bet
ter be maxim our way lords home
I Time we git dar-ef we ever is ter git
I, d3r-it'll be dark good. Den what 20
ma gwine ter say? 1 know that my
nanny gwine ter say. She gwine tel
talk wild de fiat err han'-dat what she
gwine ter talk wild. Come on
Cant you be quiet?" cried Buster
John. IT'S nothing but a song
'Oh, you kin stay, an I'll stay wild
you said Drusilla; but when missis
| git you in de wash room don't YOU
come sayin' dat I wouldn't fetch you
home"
4 want to see everything" said Bus
ter John.
Z done seed much ez want ter see. .
! replied Drusilia, AN now I want ter
J live ter tell it,
thing more everything suddenly brew
q little darker, and in the middle of
/ the sky-or what ought to have been
! the sky, but which was the enlarged
! bottom of the spring-there was a huge
/ shadow. The children looked at in 81
lence.
CTo be continued.