| Show THE HUMBLING OF GEORGE THE KING BY JOHN W HARRINGTON George III King of Bablmyton looked at his sister In l proud disdain You exclaimed he you Mirabel Ann Stacey youre a girl Dont bother me any more about It Light firecrackers firecrack-ers tomorrow Of course not Nobody ever heard of a woman celebrating the Fourth of July Women didnt tight They moulded bullets replied Mira bel Ann and made doughnuts pumpkin pump-kin pies and buckwheat cakes when the soldiers won hungry See here cried George III drawing himself up to his full height I am a man of few words That settles It You shall not lire a cracker George III was eight I years old 1113 grandfather was George William Stacey and his father and as both of them were alive he was III i Tho horn at school nicknamed him ThreeEyed Stacty and his sister called him The Tyrant I George III wont to the store kept by Jeremiah Vallandlghini Scruggs lie had 50 conts In his pocket with which to buy condensed noise for the Fourth of luly The hop of Mr Scruggs was crowdtd by gills Gcogc III r did not approve of girls Then > were ar I alto al-to > n of them buying rnarshnmllows and lollypop lie sat down on the only chaIr and glared at them They took no notice of him and at last they wnl nway George 311 slarifd to get up but to his suipilso he could not arise The Gingerbread liabblt gOt df > wn from the shelf The Ping Pong Hat closed the door and lockod it George ill I I rubbed his eyes liverythlng Kcimed to have grown larger Hank on the shelf Mr Sciugcs alarm clod began to whiy and burr Fourteen Four-teen hundred and forty men Jumped out of tile face and hiding behind the candy Jars leveled thclr muskets nt the Tvlng One gross I uf load lhlleIH scrambled out of the Made In Germany Ger-many boxes I walked up and down the German silver mounted showcase and formed about George III I Tht Hessians hissed the Glngcr bread Hahblt Let them come Whereas Idc one ot the men from a set of chess all men are carved free and equal unless they are kings bishops bish-ops and knights when they are more equal than other Therefore He it resolved That we Jet forth the reason why we arc opposed to the rule oft George III King of Hadboylon George III I heard the chair tumble beneath him Stop shivering roared the gingerbread ginger-bread Rabbit Therefore be It resolved said the Purple Oxen that we shake off the yoke of George III King I Ve shall put him tll death in a manner man-ner fitting to his ranlc cried the Tin Musket 1 We might melt him over again added 1 a lead I soldier and press him In the Continental army I Scruggs will he back with reinforcements reinforce-ments soon suggested the Iurple Oxen why not llnhih him Maybe he will reform suggested the Gingerbread Rabbit Sink or swim survive or perish remonstrated the Fishing Tackle we will not consent to anything but in dependence Im related to Joan of Arc cried J the Gingerbread Rabbit She mil do of Orleans W a 1 What w must do Is I to t make i 111 example of l hits young person tW siKled time Purple Oxen per i If nil Ik we must cried the Sweilui 0lSelsi MatchoB Is now the lime One grot ur giant crackers vont off the shelf and paraded up and down W Then they took off their red JackI The HoHslann tiled In vnln to nave thin King They were mowed down liy 1119 qtinrt The minute men h ian ip I gIig away from the hholter of tllous Before ho knew it the Klnr 1 If Bad hoytoii wan bound hand and foot r Matches are you ready mike llnhhlt j I Colonel l Gingerbread lemarkeii lima r genenil of the minute jl I mn you rnuH fvcuHe me but there Is only one pnwjn 1 who In entitled try put the match log I him giant cracker Gorge III ft the J hair on time top of hlr head being + tWht + ed It finally hung in a qnout over his cyoH and looked like a fare And who Is that General 1 < InqulrM the tJlngerbruatl 1 Jtabblt with seine boa of reserve That icplied the general J of UK min ute men 9t ji hue sister the one whom t + has tieated with much dlRdnin that la i yoiild not purmlt her lo holp celelirau the Fonrlh of July It is mute said the Gingerbread I Cabblt Ties cracker corrected the gcneraL It IK cracker then continued l the Gingerbread Rabbit that hill rljtrp should lire the torch of our liberty and blow the tyrant to the four vInds1 Hear Hear cried the mhuiiiMrun Please noble Rabbit poiif < l lima King of Undboytcui when next Knster comes t will say that you are fitih haktdl Spence roniod mo Gingerhnead Rabbit Send for his sister Yes by all merino hllovcil tho Purple Oxen Bend for his slBtor The door opened and their stood Mira hot Ann t 1 should like a tencent lox of matches she said Hurrah yelled IflOO matches rill it once acre In the last of the tyrant What do we care for a few scratch If liberty be gained George III I tried to put up his hrand < I Mirabel1 Mirabel ho I cried II Itill 1 + not mean It Of course you can help celebrate tomorrow You can throw tori edoes and light the rockets and hold a whole launch l of ciackra In your hand J and get your flngcrK Hinged Just lllte A I boy Please dont light the milchcs He fstiuggkd lo get loose from limn eoid which bound him lie gave a terrible ter-rible wrtiich and was free He WIU standing In front of Mirnhel 1 1 Ann How funny you look said MIrilirt Ann when you are asleep In a choIr Hello I youngster exclaim Jeremiah Jere-miah Scruggs I Just stepped out to the curb to lake 1 the t Apjoncs order for the Fourth low I did you got airing keeping store What can I do for 1 you I got along finely replied l the Kins with dignity My sister and I whim home fireworks l Good replied Jeromlah I Ilke to see boys and girls share the pleasures plea-sures of the Glorious Fourth |
