Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
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A SURPRISING STORY.
Supposin' every star with edges
Scallopy like shells
Should really be raisin cake
All filled with lovely smellt
So. rich and soft and buttery
They'd quickly melt away
The moment one just touched the
tongue
II 80, what would you say?
Supposin' that the yellow moon
Was really lemon pie,
With white meringue of broken clouds
Piled up upon it high.
Supposin' every boy and girl
Could fly through air at night,
They'd gobble down the stars and
moon,
And where would be our light?
Irene Elliott Benson in New Or.
leans Times-D Democrat.
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HOW TERRY USED HIS CHANCES.
Terry Dempster and good MANY
Of the other boys were on their way
to school. They passed the first fruit.
stall at the corner. Terry said good
morning to the woman who kept 1t.
He was glad Will Mace stopped to
bny bananas hac.usa ha l;rnd -
look at her. Her ewes and her hair
were so black and her cheeks SO
red. and she wore snch hip gold
hoops in her ears
She gave Will the bananas and
while he was putting them into his
book-bag, she held ont his change.
Terry took It for him. One az the
pennies he showed back across. the
counter.
"she was giving Won a cent too
much" he explained to Will. as he
handed him the others.
"You are good at arithmetic. son.
N.Y." said Will. "a penny isn't very
much of a mistake .
mot il you are an Italian any.
way" agreed Terry, "and aren't used
to changing money in EnaIisb.a
A big red apple had rolled OF the
stall and along the street nnti, n
had turned the corner. Terry lnick.
ed it up and ran back with it
"You might have taken that with
you," said win. "Nobody would have
SEEM
Terry laughed. He did MT seem
to think that vii, axnactad anv otha.
answer.
Two or three DAYS later Terry was
playing croouet at recess The pame
was getting very exciting Terrv,s
ball was in a bad position
"You can move It ont from tho
hedge. Terry.n said one ~ tho hove
who was looking ON. "Wait Let
me show you"
"Not so far as that I cannotn cr,aa
Terry. eThat is very far,n
ooh: yes. Won cam sold ~. ~.
boy. easily. you're all right now e
Go ahead"
ats more than q ma,,o+,s ,aroth .
said Terry, measuring II was sure
It was"
He moved the hall hack s,x incha.
and tried for his wicket. Ha miss.
ed it. He lost the game.
s...Isn,tei a pity" said the big nov
shat you can't cheat a little Is
crouquet lust for sport9n -
f. ~ don't think it is" said Terry
1T wouldn't be any finn !, u wasn,t
FAIR
Don't YOU like to wing,
Eyes, when it's real" said Terry
One day when school was ort Tay.
ry had got almost to the corner where
the fruit.stand was. Suddenly he
stopped short in dismay
ooh, dear! I'll have To 60 hack,
left my copy-book, Miss Stone said
1 was to COPY over at home the nape
/ blotted so much"
"Tell her you forgot It., said Bob.
by Price.
"But only for half a block" said
i eness.n ' A'
81 guess not.n said Rohhv Ana be
didn't saw another word
The weeks and the months went
by until the first school form was
over and the second had bss,,n ono
soturdov .fta-noon NJ -
came home from down. .oS,n 80
hunted Though the house for Tarrw
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told me qu tS' ''ne
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