. St. Nicholas [serial] . ees with whole trunks never seems to mind at all because of beinghollow inside, but is covered with blossomsevery May, and green leaves all summer, andin the autumn still bears the same delicious ap-ples, of a. kind whose name no one only difference is, there are not so manyapples as there used to be, but that makes themchoicer. Now I will tell you about the little cannonwhich lies under the apple-tree in the grass,with the date 1702 on the side. WhenAunt Elinors father had ships at sea the little Vol. -i34~I35- io66 THE APPLE-TREE. [Oct. cannon
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ees with whole trunks never seems to mind at all because of beinghollow inside, but is covered with blossomsevery May, and green leaves all summer, andin the autumn still bears the same delicious ap-ples, of a. kind whose name no one only difference is, there are not so manyapples as there used to be, but that makes themchoicer. Now I will tell you about the little cannonwhich lies under the apple-tree in the grass,with the date 1702 on the side. WhenAunt Elinors father had ships at sea the little Vol. -i34~I35- io66 THE APPLE-TREE. [Oct. cannon was used on one oftect his merchandise fromenemies. When the shipswere sold, it was kept asa relic, and after a whilebrought to the garden andgiven a place in the grass,where a woodbine beganto twine around it; andthen a bird came and builta nest in it, and its lifewas full of peace—the bestthing that can happen to acannon. And so they are there to-gether in dear Aunt Elinors them to help pro-pirates and other *£ *«#. garden,—the old apple-tree with its hollowtrunk and the little old cannon covered withwoodbine,—and in thestreets round about are tall,drooping elms, making thegarden seem, when one isin it, like a lovely place offlowers hidden in the midstof an elmwood hidden in forests arenot always easy to find;but if any one wishes to<?-- make it a visit, I should beglad to tell exactly wherethe reader must go to findthe apple-tree. THE TIMID KITTEN. There was a little kitten onceWho was of dogs afraid; And being by no means a dunce,His plans he boldly made. He said, It s only on the land That clogs run after me,So I will buy a cat-boat, and I 11 sail away to sea. Out there from dogs I 11 be secure,And each night, ere I sleep, To make assurance doubly sure,A dog-watch I will keep. He bought a cat-boat, hired a crew,And one fine summer day Triumphantly his flag he flew,And gaily sailed away. But in mid-ocean one midnight— T was very, very dark—The
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