Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . r. I was just seeing how Icould have fout. So saying, he pointed to his plow,which stood in the corner of the fence about fiftyyards from the battle ground. Would any man inhis senses believe that a rational being could makesuch a fool of himself? All that I had heard andseen was nothing more nor less than a rehearsal ofa knock-down and drag-out fight in which the youngman had played all the parts for his own amuse- The Knock-Out 473 ment. I went to the ground from which he had
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . r. I was just seeing how Icould have fout. So saying, he pointed to his plow,which stood in the corner of the fence about fiftyyards from the battle ground. Would any man inhis senses believe that a rational being could makesuch a fool of himself? All that I had heard andseen was nothing more nor less than a rehearsal ofa knock-down and drag-out fight in which the youngman had played all the parts for his own amuse- The Knock-Out 473 ment. I went to the ground from which he hadrisen, and there were the prints of his two tliunihsplunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, andthe ground around was broken up as if two stagsliad been fighting on it. As I resumed my journej^ I laughed outright atthis adventure, for it reminded me of Andrew Jack-sons attack on the United States bank. lie hadmagnified it into a monster and then began to swearand gouge until he thought he had the monster onhis back, and when the fight was over and he gotup to look for his enemy, he could find none THE COUNTRY SQUIRE Translated From The Spanish of Thomas Yriarte ^^^^^ COUNTRY squire of greater wealth^#^®S than wit (For fools are often blessed withfortunes smile),Had built a splendid house and fur-nished it In splendid stjde. One thing is wanting, said a friend; for though The rooms are fine, the furniture lack a library, dear sir, for not for use. Tis true, but zounds! replied the squire with glee,The lumber-room in yonder northern wing{I wonder I neer thought of it) will beThe very thing. Ill have it fitted up without delay With shelves and presses of the newest mode,And rarest wood, befitting every wayA squires abode. And when the whole is ready, Ill dispatch My coachman—a most knowing fellow—dow^nTo buy me, by admeasurement, a batchOf books in town. 474 The Country Squire 475 But ere the library was half sn])])lie(l With all its ])()m|
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