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Show CARRIERS' TALES. i Veracious Stories Related bij ! the Boijs U'lio Dclicer ! your Capers. j By CURTIS DUNHAM. ! Copyright, lbOl All iij;lits reserved. j Good Friends, who wait, our comin' in the mornin' or at night, And never wait in vain ('cause we believe j In startin' right), I You sometimes wonder, don't you, what 1 the Currier Hoys will do j When tliey have famblics to support the , same as some of you? - I The most of us are growin' mighty fast, as j you can tell By sizin' up our jackets and our panta- ; loons as well. ' It's gcttin' pretty serious when in a year or two The Carriers will have famblies to support the same as you. i So this New Year we offer you our Carriers' I Fairy Tales. Please buy some extra copies for your friends, 'cause rapid sales ! And mod'rate prolitssuit us best of course . you'll see us through, " Since wo will soon have famblies to support sup-port the same as youl WHERE AND WHEN TIIKSR TCCTHFL'L TALE8 WE 11 15 TOLD. I We call them Fairy Tales, 'cause day or j night We told them by a dim and Bickering light Down iu the darkest corner of the room Behind the Press; and sometimes in the gloom, It seemed like little Elves and Gnomes crept out To gather what our chat was all about And so, forgetting often where wo were, Too Interested in some Tale to stir Or note the flight of time, a sudden clack And clank of flying wheels would start us back To earth, and "Fold your papers!" that command Would end the spell and banish fairyland. 'Twas there we sat and told these Tales, and when The Press warmed to Its noisy ta.sk, 'twas tin n The" -'':.:!- toil began. |
