in taste 'em yet!
Yes, an' _custard_-pie, an' _mince!_

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An'--I--_ain't_--et--no--pie--since!

[Illustration]

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CLIMATIC SORCERY

When frost's all on our winder, an' the snow's
All out-o'-doors, our "Old-Kriss"-milkman goes
A-drivin' round, ist purt'-nigh froze to death,
With his old white mustache froze full o' breath.

But when it's summer an' all warm ag'in,
He comes a-whistlin' an' a-drivin in
Our alley, 'thout no coat on, ner ain't cold,
Ner his mustache ain't white, ner he ain't old.

[Illustration]

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[Illustration: "OUR 'OLD-KRISS'-MILKMAN."]

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A PARENT REPRIMANDED

Sometimes I think 'at Parents does
Things ist about as bad as _us_--

[Illustration]

Wite 'fore our vurry eyes, at that!
Fer one time Pa he scold' my Ma
'Cause he can't find his hat;
An' she ist _cried_, she did! An' I
Says, "Ef you scold my Ma
Ever again an' make her cry,
Wy, you sha'n't _be_ my Pa!"
An' nen he laugh' an' find his hat
Ist wite where Ma she said it's at!

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[Illustration: "THE CHILDISH DREAMS IN HIS WISE OLD HEAD."]

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THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN

O the night was dark and the night was late,
And the robbers came to rob him;
And they picked the locks of his palace-gate,
The robbers that came to rob him--
They picked the locks of his palace-gate,
Seized his jewels and gems of state,
His coffers of gold and his priceless plate,--
The robbers that came to rob him.

But loud laughed he in the morning red!--
For of what had the robbers robbed him?--
Ho! hidden safe, as he slept in bed,
When the robbers came to rob him,--
They robbed him not of a golden shred
Of the childish dreams in his wise old head--
"And they're welcome to all things else," he said,
When the robbers came to rob him.

[Illustration]

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