Show THE KEEP AT ITCHININ' 31 aaaMaiaataaaauiiaa OWED TOTIIE GRASSHOPPERS v Drifting on the water Leaping on the land Everlasting motion Hoppers ain’t it grand ! Sailing through the tree tops Circling in the air Crawling through the garments Nestling in the hair ’Lighting on our noses— (Wonder how they dare) — Covering vegetation — A living winding sheet Serving thus not only us But every one we meet Omnivorous and hungry They and all their kin Ever on the gobble They Keepapitchinin Thousands in the garden Millions in the air Grasshoppers in billions Drifting everywhere THE SABLE ROBBER ' ' OK Tbe Twisted Hair Pm I CHAPTER BY ANOTHER 1st person “ I TROLLOP love ” — Pinneo’s Grammar “0 Antoinette Maria Louise I love thee fondly truly blindly madly love thee” vociferated the young and noble Baron Sihithers as he postured himself on his knees before the lovely daughter of the Duke de Bencorckie “Say Oh say thou wilt be mine” he wildly as he seized her lily white hand “0 William Fitz Henry Alphonso’ lisped the blushing fair one turning her head ‘0 don’t “Antoinette Maria Louise trifle not with me Say thou art mine own and thou canst ask nothing that I will' not ac- I’ll scale the blue vault of complish heaven and bring thee a necklace of stars Ask it and I’ll choke Cullom I’ll scalp Cragin Nought nought canst thou wish that I will not perform Reject me and thou shalt see me a bleeding mangled corpse at thy feet” and he rolled his eyes fiercely like the Menagerie Pelican with a fish in his throat ‘Rise W' Fitz Henry Alphonso thou knowest I love thee— ah so well” an swered A M Louise in a voice sweet as unburnt sorghum “My own my dearest” exclaimed the Baron rising and brushing his pants he pressed her to his frilled shirt “What noise do I hear?” suddenly exclaimed Louise disengaging lierself “’Tis nothing hut the wind or some dog in the hushes” answered W Fitz Henry Alphonso Scarcely had they gone They departed when the bushes opened and— the Sable Robbir strode forth ‘ “Call me wind I — a dog! Ha noble manly voice from the opposite side of the sir I’ll be revenged on thee” and with a cave and with a tremendous leap the comb brave Smithers sprang over the yawning savage scowl he drew a confronted the robber from his doublet and plied it vigorously chasm-an" : “Ha! the Baron! Methinks thy doo n where his intellect’ sat enthroned is sealed intruder” and the robber clapped his hands thrice a band of fierce cutCHAPTER TOO throats quickly appeared at the entrance — Nosehoo “They tore him away” Lord of the cave “Come on foul miscreants I fear you ’Twas morn The early village cock The Baron Smithers paced not!” exclaimed the fearless Smithers had crowed his banquet hall His jewelled sword rat- and drawing his trusty sword he swept tled on the marble pavement' Suddenly seven of them into the yawning abyss the door flew open and ?in rushed a then with another giant blow he cut the ' Seneschal with visage pale as Pascoe’s rest in pieces of different sizes “Now chief‘s like the retired physician lime Spreading his hankerchief he fell on his knees before the Baron shaking thy sands of life have nearly run” said the Baron and drawing a Colt’s revolver like a Shaker Has he stabbed him through and through “How now Philippo? Speak! Thus perished the Sable Robber aught behappened the fair Antoinette?” Need wesay in conclusion that the “Oh master oh! — the Sable Robber” noble Baron and his lovely bride lived gasped the terrified servant “Has anything befallen my love? Tell long in the land of their fathers enjoying limbs to happiness known only’ to those who raise me' minion or I’ll rend-tha large family of small children who are atoms!” thundered the Baron not troubled much with croup measles “The Sable Rob- - — carried off — said the minion sinking down in convul- &c &c ’ll sions We shall not publish any more of this “The Sable Robber steal iny bride!” yelled the noble clutching his sword un- story until this is dramatized by E W til the blood flowed in torrents from his which will probably be done as “PU follow him to Texieo! Gullidge finger ends soon as Cromwell Elizabeth begets DasWhat ho! Without there! Minions! Caesar and Alexander off his tards! To arms! To horse! To mule! r ' To velocipede Ah sable fiend thine hands hour has come! My sword shall drink Hans Breitmann seems to have written! thy blood!” and with gigantic strides he descended to the court sprang on his a travestie on ‘Excelsior” by which the black charger and dashed off followed by rapidly fading Shoo-Fl- y is for a few brief a large band of three armed to the teeth hours galvanized into new life The first ' with a shot gun two stanzas run in this way ' Der efening glQuds was seddling fasd As a young man drough der tillage bassed CHAPTER III Shkadingodong mid aer shdorm and hail C Mit dese vords tied on his coad dail: ' “Shoo fly” “Halt!” thundered the Baron “Spoladro bring me yonder object” “Oh! don’d go such a night like dose” His mudder gries “Yo will got froze said the noble Dot Frosd dot vill nib your ear” Spoladro dismounted and soon returned He John said so mit a shneer only with a twisted hairpin “Shoo fly” Ha! by the mass! this is my deaf AnWe are on thy trail rob- Then the old man and the young maid toinette’s pin ber chief and thy days are numbered tell him to stop but — On men! whip and spur!” Higher und higher dot young man vent The Baron gazed fondly on the pin For de shdorms he don’d not care a cent then reverently pressing it to his lips he As he viped dad sbnow off his lefd ear DCm vords vas herd sdill shdrongund carefully put it in his coat tail pocket “Shoo fly” glear —' On on dashed the gallant band in pursuit of the bloody villain A young man who was sent to Maine to examine the condition of a mill after the late freshet’ reported by due course of CHAPTER IV mail as follows: “I find a dam by the “A large Q&ve”—Monteilh's Geography e but no mill by a dam site” “How wouldsflike to be a bride to-- t don’t like babies when “I’m afraid night fair maid?” said the Sable Robber they cry” saidyou a matron to a gentleman as he stood before the captive Antoinette as she tried to sooth the darling in her a sinister smile playing around his beard“Oh yes” said he “I like them around a arms ed mouth like a humming-birbest when they cry because I’ve always ' honey-sucklobserved that then they are invariably car“Sooner would I spring o’er yon abyss ried out of the room” false robber” said the fair Antoinette her eyes dilating like Mitchell’s tin cups “Imagination tew much indulged in“ ' “Ha!” he said “dost brave me? I’ll says Josh BiUings “is soon tortured into tell thee that ere yon moo i shall pale be- reality this is one good way Jhoss thieves fore the sun’s warm glance thoushalt be are made a man leans over a fence all ’v" day and imagines the hoss belongs tew my bride” him and sure enuff the first dark night “Now by mine own true blade liest hound!” thundered a deep the hos does” fine-toot- h Na-poll- ! ‘ - 4 i x - i mill-sit- d e - base-bor- |