. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. made. This big hand swung in the air. Little 123 I r Ol-i-ver Holmes had to walk under it on his wayto school. He thought the great fingers wouldgrab him some day. Then he thought he wouldnever get home again. He even thought that hisother pair of shoes would be put away till his littlebrother grew big enough to wear them. But the big wooden hand never caught him. Here are some verses that Doctor Holmes wroteabout a very old man: — My grand-mam-ma has said —Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago —That he had a Roman nose,And his cheek was hke a r
. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. made. This big hand swung in the air. Little 123 I r Ol-i-ver Holmes had to walk under it on his wayto school. He thought the great fingers wouldgrab him some day. Then he thought he wouldnever get home again. He even thought that hisother pair of shoes would be put away till his littlebrother grew big enough to wear them. But the big wooden hand never caught him. Here are some verses that Doctor Holmes wroteabout a very old man: — My grand-mam-ma has said —Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago —That he had a Roman nose,And his cheek was hke a rose In the snow. But now his nose is it rests upon his chin Like a staff;And a crook is in his back,And a mel-an-chol-y crackIn his I know it is a sinFor me to sit and grin At him here;But the old three-cor-nered hat,And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! 124 And if I should live to beThe last leaf upon the tree In the spring,Let them smile, as I do now,At the old for-sak-en bough Where I cling. DANIEL WEBSTER AND HIS BROTHER. Dan-iel Web-ster was a great states-man. Asa little boy he was called Little Black he grew larger, he was thin and sickly-looking. But he had large, dark eyes. Peoplecalled him All Eyes. He was very fond of his brother was a little older than Dan-iel. Boththe boys had fine minds. They wanted to go tocollege. But their father was poor. Dan-iel had not much strength for work on thefarm. So little All Eyes was sent to school, andthen to college. E-ze-ki-el staid at home, andworked on the farm. While Daniel was at school, he was unhappy tothink that Ezekiel could not o;o to colles^e went home on a visit. He talked to Ezekielabout going to college. T
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