Show THE GIANTS GIANT'S FOURTH No American that over o lived had h more patriotism to the square Inch said Mid theold the tho old circus man and anel so O when Fourth lurth of oC Jul July came camo around ho he always wanted to celebrate and but and but I 1 sue guess s weve we've known other oilier ups grown that were like him In this r hey big hey bl as he was th the greatest t tot of ot nil all giants liked to shoot off orr firecrackers crack r and that sort of thIn thing and so tho the old man mm used to provides him with Fourth of It July things of ot this sort In ample quantity and andin In n sizes proportioned to the tho great reat giant himself torpedoes the the size of C turnips firecrackers the size of J rolling pins and ami so 50 on c. c everything suitable for tor Instance Instance instance In- In Tho giants clant's roman candles stance were of or about the length of or a kitchen boiler and about half haIC as bl big around and when the tho clant slant lit one ono of or these and held heM It Il t up and wa e waved 1 It around in n the nil air above o his head th there thero ro was something some some- thing more than a mere gentle spray spra of ot spars sparks out of It this c candle n was WI a 1 great grent fountain of ot lire and the tho fireballs that popped out of It cr C every second or two were pretty near as bl big as watermelons Now that you know to see BOO tb the great giant st standing up shooting off ort a Roman oman candle cantlie of that sort that sort that was something worth orth seeing And when tho the giant had fired one ono of oC great candles out hed he'd just give tho the empty empt tube a lung careless Ike like Just like you ou and I 1 would woul a common sized candle tube and turn to something else it was great but butof of of all nil the things s that hat the plant giant used to fire oft off in this a way personally Roman Homan candles and nil the thing after all that used u to please tho the people most mot was tho the sk skyrockets rockets Tho skyrockets that no wo used to have hn made malIc for Cor the tho great giant gant had hea heads s of or Just about the tho size and proportions of or n n. cylinder clInder sto stove the sticks stick for them being stout straight saplings about tho ho size Ilzo of ofa a cedar beanpole and about twice as longe long Wo e c used to brine bring from New York only I th the h rocket heads contracting In advance anc at it wherever we going oln to tu be on the fourth of July for n a sufficient nu caber pf ot these big saplings and getting the fireworks lire lire- work works man when he ho came camo out with tho I things to wire tho the heads onto them An And 1 these rock rockets ts certainly were tremendous tremendous tre tre- We Sc c used to mako a rocket rest out of oC somo soma suitably grown wn and suitably bl situated situate tree sawing off art the tho branches just ju t above nb the crotch roth and leaning a the thc rocket In that The Thc C giant clant used l to tOUCh em cm ort oft with a n cl ci nr to It see t ea was him always al after r sort he ho orlof had o of Cunn funny pot got one V. V somehow of those rockets stood 1 up there take a foot and long half cigar out of oC his mouth and touch the tho fuse CUc with It but It was funny for a moment only anI touched with j fire C tho the rocket rocke in an In Instant tant became something something- terrific I It It soared into the air with the tho roar of oC an It left express t train nn going through h a tunnel behind It n trail like the tall tail o of a I ly great filled fm cornet comet the sk and Whoa It U exploded It Il fairly fair fair- sky with meteors and anti shooting shoot shoot- In ing ng stars tars The people used to forget oven cn the tho great giant himself when ho he fired llred oft off one of these skyrockets Every year r when Fourth of ot July came camo we HW used to MTV have a great areat fireworks display like ko this all to the great giants giant's great g de- de licht and I might add that there then were wre few things s If 11 an any any that thul wo we ever ever- dirt did that seemed to give I e a more vivid and profound satisfaction fI to the general New public A Sun oun |