The Lanthorn 1900 . ^/SH 114. AN AUTUMN EPISODE. The autumn leaves were falling fastAs through the college campus passedA youth, who bore, concealed from sightA bag, he wished to fill ere nightWith chestnuts. His heart was light and in his mindHe pictured groves that he would find ;And so he asked friend HeuningerTo go along and with him shareThe chestnuts. In happy mood the} passed such fruitAs would a common mortal suit;But they despised the orchards moved along with cautious stealthFor chestnuts. Climb not that tree, cried Heuninger,But this did not our Tommy scare;For he pulled
The Lanthorn 1900 . ^/SH 114. AN AUTUMN EPISODE. The autumn leaves were falling fastAs through the college campus passedA youth, who bore, concealed from sightA bag, he wished to fill ere nightWith chestnuts. His heart was light and in his mindHe pictured groves that he would find ;And so he asked friend HeuningerTo go along and with him shareThe chestnuts. In happy mood the} passed such fruitAs would a common mortal suit;But they despised the orchards moved along with cautious stealthFor chestnuts. Climb not that tree, cried Heuninger,But this did not our Tommy scare;For he pulled off his shoes and socksAnd said: Ill strew these ancient rocksWith chestnuts. 145 Oh stay, his friend imploring said;Yet Tom climbed up the tree uttered a triumphant sound,As he began to strew the groundWith chestnuts. The farmer comes ! fell on his ear,And Henninger ran like a deer !But Tommys head from fright now whirrsAnd he jumps down into the burrsOf chestnuts. At break of day what did he do—This pious man
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