St Nicholas [serial] . Away, oer the lands of Celt, Saxon, and Scot,Through the realms of the Gaul and the Teuton, they shot ?Past Magyar and Sclave, till they came to the Ot--Toman Empire—Co—co—coric—o !— Where the Sultan and Czar Were having a spar;While the crowned heads of Europe looked on at the show,Each crying, Look out now!—dont tread on my toe! Then eastward oer Asia they sped like the light;Off went Johnnys cap in their hurricane flight, 68: THE SWOOPING EAGLE S FIRST EXPLOIT. [August While Susy, enraptured, cried out in delight, Oh—bitti—bat—buttercup—ban ! Next they came to the Jap
St Nicholas [serial] . Away, oer the lands of Celt, Saxon, and Scot,Through the realms of the Gaul and the Teuton, they shot ?Past Magyar and Sclave, till they came to the Ot--Toman Empire—Co—co—coric—o !— Where the Sultan and Czar Were having a spar;While the crowned heads of Europe looked on at the show,Each crying, Look out now!—dont tread on my toe! Then eastward oer Asia they sped like the light;Off went Johnnys cap in their hurricane flight, 68: THE SWOOPING EAGLE S FIRST EXPLOIT. [August While Susy, enraptured, cried out in delight, Oh—bitti—bat—buttercup—ban ! Next they came to the Japs,Those queer-looking chaps,Who turned out to look at them, every man,Each shaking his pigtail and fluttering his jg%hkm^ How they flew through the Tropics and regions of snows ! Saw all sorts of folks, dressed in all sorts of glothes, And some without any at all, I suppose !Oh—Pillicot—pimpernel—plock ! Till at last, safe and whole,They came back to the pole,— Which, alas ! sliding down, Susy tore her new frock,— Having only been gone just an hour by the clock. THE SWOOPING EAGLES FIRST EXPLOIT. By Sarah Winter Kellogg. The Swooping Eagle, you must know, wasa boat—a row-boat. She was the property ofDe Witt Clinton Yotman, familiarly known asClint Yotman. This gentleman was thirteen yearsand three months old. The Eagle was a handsome little vessel,white as a swan, and trimmed with lines of navy-blue—strong and light, buoyant and graceful; the prettiest bird that swims, Clint declaredAnd certainly none of his boy-mates could namianother boat on the river and call it handsomer, oa better swimmer. Though it carried the United States flag, an(looked spry and gallant enough for heroic ac
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