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Title: Sugar and Spice

Author: James Johnson

Release Date: January 26, 2004 [eBook #10839]

Language: English

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SUGAR AND SPICE

Comical Tales Comically Dressed

BY JAMES JOHNSON

LONDON: DEAN & SON, 160A, FLEET STREET, E.C.
FACTORS AND CHRISTMAS CARD MANUFACTURERS.

[Illustration: Front Cover]

[Illustration: Sugar and Spice]

_A knock at the door!
A visitor more._

SUGAR AND SPICE.

Our dear children gave a party,
Not one grown person there;
And the laughter, it was hearty,
Without a servant's care.

"One must," said they, "a servant be,"
And quick they cried, "one should."
So they cast lots, did that par--ty:
The lot fell on T. Good.

They rang the bell, he never came;
They called, he would not hear;
They stamped, but it was all the same,
T. Good would not appear.

They coaxed him in with marmalade,
To take a letter out.
He said that he was scarcely made
"To post and run about!"

Said he, "I've seen rich people do
Kind acts for servants' good;
But seldom have I known, its true,
Them act as e'er they should!

"That is, you know, quite to a T,
And sure as eggs are eggs,
Men-servants in a family,
Care mostly for their legs!"

Oh! Tommy was quite rated high
By all the children fair.
He pardon begged, and quick did fly
To run both here and there.

* * * * *

Now mind and do as you are bid,
Or you'll come in for blame;
And never let your joy be hid
Beneath some passing shame.

[Illustration: The Little Bootmaker]

_Knock, knock, knock! paste, paste, paste!
Use wax, and thread, and awl each day
While there's light to work we'll haste,
For health and time soon pass away._

THE LITTLE BOOTMAKER.

Young Franky's boots were sent to be mended. The girl came back and said
they would not be d