James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . did not eat all his good things. This Idetermined to do when I became masterof such a grand establishment. Yes, sir ;I would have a glorious feast. MaybeId have Tom and Harry and perhapslittle Kate and Florry in to help us oncein a while. I have a sweet tooth today. Some one some day will analyze theambitions of childhood and it will befound that the earliest ones are connectedwith something to eat and the next withthe idea of killing things. Rileys ambition which followed thebun and cake one, was to beat the snaredrum in a military band. This was no
James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . did not eat all his good things. This Idetermined to do when I became masterof such a grand establishment. Yes, sir ;I would have a glorious feast. MaybeId have Tom and Harry and perhapslittle Kate and Florry in to help us oncein a while. I have a sweet tooth today. Some one some day will analyze theambitions of childhood and it will befound that the earliest ones are connectedwith something to eat and the next withthe idea of killing things. Rileys ambition which followed thebun and cake one, was to beat the snaredrum in a military band. This was notan ambition to be killing something butit was warlike. He wanted to dangle hislegs over the tailboard of a band wagonand play the drum. He did not envy theman who puffed out his cheeks in a strug-gle with the trombone. He envied thesnare drummer. The baker ambition was destined ?*&. ^
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