. Goaks and tears . gner, He sails in. ^ ° and well licked at that. He continues on his way, after a halt to make repairs, and his patrioticpulses dont bound again until he enters theQuaker city. The glorious day has dawnedat last and the city is in an uproar. Our oldman forgets all about his encounter on thehigh seas, swings his hat and hurrahs withthe rest, and kindly volunteers to hold theloaded end of a sky-rocket which some boysare just ready to send aloft. The effect isall that could have been expected under thecircumstances, but the boys couldnt induce„ ., , the old hero to do so any mo
. Goaks and tears . gner, He sails in. ^ ° and well licked at that. He continues on his way, after a halt to make repairs, and his patrioticpulses dont bound again until he enters theQuaker city. The glorious day has dawnedat last and the city is in an uproar. Our oldman forgets all about his encounter on thehigh seas, swings his hat and hurrahs withthe rest, and kindly volunteers to hold theloaded end of a sky-rocket which some boysare just ready to send aloft. The effect isall that could have been expected under thecircumstances, but the boys couldnt induce„ ., , the old hero to do so any more if they were He sails out. - ■ worth a million dollars apiece. After the doctors have patched him up, our old man starts for the Cen-tennial buildings. The vehicle is somewhat crowded, but it is a timewhen everyone is expected to patiently endure all inconveniences forthe sake of liberty. He was quite a portly old man when entering thecar, and is surprised, on getting out, to find how the sqeeze has affected. 12 GOAKS AND TEARS. him. His height has been increased nearly three feet, and the fact isplainly apparent to him that his prospects have gone up. He ratherenjoys his position, however, believing that he can more certainly get hismoneys worth.
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