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Masinderan。

                                    A。 MARY F。 ROBINSON。







 Handy Spandy; Jack…a…Dandy;      

Loved plum cake and sugar candy;

  He bought some at a grocer's shop

      And out he come with a hop。

                               hop;

                                    hop。





 Jocko is a monkey;

      Dressed just like a clown;

  With the grinding…organ man

      He travels round the town。



               Jocko; Jocko; climb a pole;

                     Jocko climb a tree;

                Jocko; Jocko; tip your cap;

                     And make a bow to me。









KENTUCKY BELLE。



 Summer of 'sixty…three; sir; and Conrad was gone away

  Gone to the county…town; sir; to sell our first load of hay

  We lived in the log…house yonder; poor as ever you've seen; 

Roschen there was a baby; and I was only nineteen。



 Conrad; he took the oxen; but he left Kentucky Belle;

  How much we thought of Kentucky; I couldn't begin to tell

  Came from the Blue…Grass country; my father gave her to me

  When I rode north with Conrad; away from Tennessee。



 Conrad lived in Ohioa German he is; you know

The house stood in broad corn…fields; stretching on; row after

row;

The old folks made me welcome; they were kind as kind could be  

But I kept longing; longing; for the hills of Tennessee。



 O; for a sight of water; the shadowed slope of a hill!

  Clouds that hang on the summit; a wind that is never still

  But the level land went stretching away to meet the sky

  Never a rise; from north to south; to rest the weary eye!



 From east to west; no river to shine out under the moon; 

Nothing to make a shadow in the yellow afternoon;

  Only the breathless sunshine; as I looked out; all forlorn;

  Only the 〃rustle; rustle;〃 as I walked among the corn。



 When I fell sick with pining; we didn't wait any more;

  But moved away from the corn…lands out to this river shore

  The Tuscarawas it's called; siroff there's a hill; you see

  And now I've grown to like it next best to the Tennessee。



 I was at work that morning。  Some one came riding like mad  

Over the bridge and up the roadFarmer Rouf's little lad;  

Bareback he rode; he had no hat; he hardly stopped to say;  

〃Morgan's men are coming; Frau; they're galloping on this way;



 〃I'm sent to warn the neighbors。  He isn't a mile behind;  

He sweeps up all the horsesevery horse that he can find;  

Morgan; Morgan; the raider; and Morgan's terrible men;  

With bowie…knives and pistols; are galloping up the glen。〃



 The lad rode down the valley; and I stood still at the door; 

The baby laughed and prattled; playing with spools on the floor; 

Kentuck was out in the pasture; Conrad; my man; was gone; 

Nearer; nearer; Morgan's men were galloping; galloping on!



 Sudden I picked up the baby; and ran to the pasture…bar; 

〃Kentuck!〃 I called; 〃Kentucky!〃 She knew me ever so far!   

I led her down the gully that turns off there to the right;  

And tied her to the bushes; her head was just out of sight。



 As I ran back to the log…house; at once there came a sound 

The ring of hoofs; galloping hoofs; trembling over the ground 

Coming into the turnpike out from the White Woman Glen

  Morgan; Morgan the raider; and Morgan's terrible men。



 As near they drew and nearer; my heart beat fast in alarm!   

But still I stood in the doorway; with baby on my arm。   

They came; they passed; with spur and whip in haste they sped     

along  

Morgan; Morgan the raider; and his band six hundred strong。



 Weary they looked and jaded; riding through night and through    

 day;  

Pushing on east to the river; many long miles away;  

To the border…strip where Virginia runs up into the West;  

To ford the Upper Ohio before they could stop to rest。



 On like the wind they hurried; and Morgan rode in advance; 

Bright were his eyes like live coals; as he gave me a sideways    

 glance;  

And I was just breathing freely; after my choking pain;  

When the last one of the troopers suddenly drew his rein。



 Frightened I was to death; sir; I scarce dared look in his face; 

As he asked for a drink of water; and glanced around the place: 

I gave him a cup; and he smiled'twas only a boy; you see; 

Faint and worn; with dim blue eyes; and he'd sailed on the     

Tennessee。



 Only sixteen he was; sira fond mother's only son  

Off and away with Morgan before his life had begun!   

The damp drops stood on his temples; drawn was the boyish     

mouth;  

And I thought me of the mother waiting down in the South!



 O; pluck was he to the backbone; and clear grit through and     

through;  

Boasted and bragged like a trooper; but the big words wouldn't

do;  

The boy was dying sir; dying; as plain as plain could be;  

Worn out by his ride with Morgan up from the Tennessee。



 But; when I told the laddie that I too was from the South; 

Water came into his dim eyes; and quivers around his mouth;

 〃Do you know the Blue…Grass country?〃 he wistfully began to say;

Then swayed like a willow sapling; and fainted dead away。



 I had him into the log…house; and worked and brought him to;  

I fed him; and I coaxed him; as I thought his mother'd do;  

And; when the lad got better; and the noise in his head was gone; 

Morgan's men were miles away; galloping; galloping on。



 〃O; I must go;〃 he muttered; 〃I must be up and away!   

Morgan; Morgan is waiting for me!  O; what will Morgan say?〃  

But I heard the sound of tramping; and kept him back from the     

door  

The ringing sound of horses' hoofs that I had heard before。



 And on; on came the soldiersthe Michigan cavalry

And fast they rode; and back they looked; galloping rapidly; 

They had followed hard on Morgan's track; they had followed day

and night;  

But of Morgan and Morgan's raiders they had never caught a sight。



 And rich Ohio sat startled through all these summer days;  

For strange; wild men were galloping over her broad highways; 

Now here; now there; now seen; now gone; now north; now east;     

now west;  

Through river…valleys and corn…land farms; sweeping away her     

best。



 A bold ride and a long ride!  But they were taken at last;  

They had almost reached the river by galloping hard and fast;  

But the boys in blue were upon them ere ever they gained the     

ford;  

And Morgan; Morgan the raider; laid down his terrible sword。



 Well; I kept the boy till eveningkept him against his will 

But he was too weak to follow; and sat there pale and still; 

When it was cool and duskyyou'll wonder to hear me tell  

But I stole down to the gully; and brought up Kentucky Belle。



 I kissed the star on her foreheadmy pretty; gentle lass

But I knew that she'd be happy; back in the old Blue…Grass:  

A suit of clothes of Conrad's; with all the money I had;  

And Kentucky; pretty Kentucky; I gave to the worn…out lad。



 I guided him to the southward; as well as I knew how:

The boy rode off with many thanks; and many a backward bow;  

And then the glow it faded; and my heart began to swell;  

And down the glen away she went; my lost Kentucky Belle!



  When Conrad came in the evening; the moon was shining high; 

Baby and I were both cryingI couldn't tell him why  

But a battered suit of rebel gray was hanging on the wall;  

And a thin old horse with drooping head stood in Kentucky's     

stall。



 Well; he was kind; and never once said a hard word to me;  

He knew I couldn't help it'twas all for the Tennessee;  

But; after the war was over; just think what came to pass  

A letter; sir; and the two were safe back in the old Blue…Grass。



  The lad got across the border; riding Kentucky Belle;

And Kentuck she was thriving; and fat; and hearty; and well;  

He cared for her; and kept her; nor touched her with whip or     

spur; 

Ah!  we've had many horses; but never a horse like her!

                           CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON。







Moses was a camel that traveled o'er the sand。

 Of the desert; fiercely hot; way down in Egypt…land;

 But they brought him to the Fair;

      Now upon his hump;

           Every child can take a ride;

                Who can stand the bumpity…bump。







PROPHECIES。



Little blue egg; in the nest snug and warm;

 Covered so close from the wind and the storm;

 Guarded so carefully day after day;

 What is your use in this world now; pray?

 〃Bend your head closer; my secret I'll tell:

 There's a baby…bird hid in my tiny blue shell。〃



Little green bud; all covered with dew;

 Answer my question and answer it true;

 What were you made for; and why do you stay

 Clinging so close to the twig all the day?

 〃Hid in my green sheath; some day to unclose;

 Nestles the warm; glowing heart of a rose。〃



Dear; little baby…girl; dainty and fair;

 Sweetest of flowers; of jewels most rare;

 Surely there's no other use for you here

 Than just to be petted and played with; you dear!

  〃Oh; a wonderful secret I'm coming to know;

 Just a baby like me; to a woman shall grow。〃



Ah; swiftly the bird from the nest flies away;

 And the bud to a blossom unfolds day by day;

 While the woman looks forth in my baby…girl's eyes;

 Through her joys and her sorrows; her tears and surprise

 Too soon shall the years bring this gift to her cup;

 God keep her; my woman who's now growing up!  

                    BY KATHRINE LENTE STEVENSON。







 Who said that I was a naughty dog;

      And could not behave if I tried?

  I only chewed up Katrina's French doll;

      And shook her rag one until it cried。







 WHY HE WAS WHIPPED。



He was seven years old; lived in Cheyenne; and his name was

Tommy。  Moreover he was going to school for the first time in his

life。  Out here little people are not allowed to attend school

when they

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