. The New England magazine . d aroun an vowed hed shoot both onem an himself, too. Lord knows nobuddydashed ary tear ef hed aput himself out o theway, but he wuz too big a coward to do either. What became of him? Oh, I dunno. Hecleared out an went off out West somewheres, Ibelieve. Poor Kellub ! twuz mosly his mothersfault — I alwuz said so. He warnt brought upright, an he never got over it. Wa-al, — theold man arose slowly and stretched himself witha mighty yawn, — I can see my old oomanabeckonin to me, an I guess its bout time furme an the chickens to go to roost. — Alice Fesscnden Peterson.

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. The New England magazine . d aroun an vowed hed shoot both onem an himself, too. Lord knows nobuddydashed ary tear ef hed aput himself out o theway, but he wuz too big a coward to do either. What became of him? Oh, I dunno. Hecleared out an went off out West somewheres, Ibelieve. Poor Kellub ! twuz mosly his mothersfault — I alwuz said so. He warnt brought upright, an he never got over it. Wa-al, — theold man arose slowly and stretched himself witha mighty yawn, — I can see my old oomanabeckonin to me, an I guess its bout time furme an the chickens to go to roost. — Alice Fesscnden Peterson. THE OMNIBUS. u43 MYTHS. By Maria S. Former. In the dear days of old we severely were toldThat good little children were seen and notheard; So, asking no question, with ostrich digestionWe swallowed of all that we read every word. Of late they write history, and in mythical mysteryThey fade away from us like mists of themorn — The poets and heroes, the Homers and Neros,Till we wonder at last if they ever were 1 dont Irelieire l/wrfi np mch u fieraonf

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