The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-28
METZGER & BRUNSON.

bers and come into my pantry and
take cookies-not more than one each
| time you come though"
And little Ellen danced up and down
| and said:
"Oh, what fun that will be. Aunt
Clarimond."
And Aunt Clarimond said
II VIII come into the pantry and
| catch you and put you in prison the
prison will be my arms"
And Peter said:
when may we come, Aunt Clarl-
| mond?"
And Aunt Clarimond said:
You may come this afternoon, and
now 1 must go home and bake cookies,
for my cooky Jar is empty"
| And that afternoon Peter and Ellen
| put on their hats and went down the
road to Aunt Clarimond's house. GEL
len took her little tame monkey I'M
der her arm.)
And Peter said:
Now I'VE will play we are robbers,
and we must be real still so no one
will hear us"
And little Ellen said:
Eyes, we must be real still because
we are wicked robbers"
And Peter and Ellen went on tip
toe around Aunt Clarimond's house,
and crept into the pantry window.
And little Ellen said:
"Oh, here is the cooky jar! Isn't 1t
a big, big, cooky jar. Peter?"
And Peter said:
I'VE must remember we promised
Aunt Clarmond only to take ONE
| cooky each time we come"
And Ellen said;
YES; / can take only one cooky but
my little monkey can take one. too.
He Is a wicked little robber."
And Peter stood on tip-toe and look
| ed into the cooky jar and little Ellen
stood on tip-toe and looked into the
cooky jar, and oh! what do you think,
that jar was filed with THIMBLE
COOKIES Each little coolxy was tust
the size of the circle of sweet Aunt
Clarlmonds thimble'
And Ellen said:
"oh, oh. what dear, little, cunning
cookies!"
But Peter looked cross and said:
Aunt Clarimond has played joke
| on us! One of these tiny cookies will
only make one bitel"
| And the little monkey jumped on
the edge of the cooky jar, and stole
| two little cookies.
And little Ellen laughed and said:
Aunt Ellen didn't tell this wicked
| little robber how many cookies he
| could steal"
And just. then Aunt c1arimond
opened the pantry door, and came IN
and caught Peter in her arms and
| said
"Oh here are these little robbers in
the pantry taking my baby cookies!"
And little Ellen said:
| There are three little robbers here,
| Aunt Clarimond"
| And Peter said:
These cookies are so little they
| only last a minutel'
And Aunt Clarimond said:
Come, you three wicked little rob-
bers, ! have some handouts to put
on your hands because you took my
| cookies"
And Aunt Clarimond led Peter and
Ellen out into her kitchen. and there.
on plate were three very large cookies
three very large cookies and each
had a hole in the middle.
| And Aunt Clarimond slipped one
big coolSy over little Ellen's hand, and
| one over Peters hand, and the other
over the wicked little monkeys neck.
And Aunt Clarimond said.
There, you three naughty robbers.
you have handouts on because you
| took my thimble cookies"
| And the little monkey ran and Jump
ed up on Sweet Aunt CIarimond's
| shoulder, and began to nibble the big
| cookey on his neck
And little Ellen laughed and said:
"Oh, what splendid big cookies these
are!"
| And Peter said:
II would like to have taken nv
pockets full Of those little thimbIe
| cookies"
And Aunt Clarimond said:
IF little girl named Ellen and
little boy named Peter come 10 see
me some day. and ring my front door
bell. / will fill their pockets with lit
tie cookies"
And little Ellen clapped her hands
and said:
"Oh. goodyi love little thimble
cookies. They melt in my mouth in
a minute"
| And Peter said:
Wen come over Tomorrow Aunt
Clarimond, and ring your front door
| bell"
And then Peter and Ellen went home
The little monkey rode on Peters
shoulder, and the big sugar cooky was
| still on his neck.