James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . in many of thetowns through which it passed. Electriccars have taken the place of the prairieschooners with which Riley was f amiliarin boyhood. Kingrys mill has disappeared and with it: The old miller, with his cheer,Leanin at the winder sill;Swoppin lies an pokin fun,An jigglin like his hoppers done. Both the old band and the new bandhave gone. The old Masonic hall, thescene of many of Rileys amateur effortsin drama and recitation, stands at onecorner in the town. Four miles out of the town is theSugar Creek ford, associated with Arma-zindy. It is
James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . in many of thetowns through which it passed. Electriccars have taken the place of the prairieschooners with which Riley was f amiliarin boyhood. Kingrys mill has disappeared and with it: The old miller, with his cheer,Leanin at the winder sill;Swoppin lies an pokin fun,An jigglin like his hoppers done. Both the old band and the new bandhave gone. The old Masonic hall, thescene of many of Rileys amateur effortsin drama and recitation, stands at onecorner in the town. Four miles out of the town is theSugar Creek ford, associated with Arma-zindy. It is related that Riley refused tohave this poem illustrated, although thepublishers wanted a frontispiece. He pre-ferred that it be plain readin. Thedifficulty was solved by a friend whohappened to catch a snap shot of a coun-try girl, just such a girl in appearance asArmazindy might have been, comingacross the stepping stones of the ford,steadying herself with a pole. Fate has dealt with kindlier hands tothe characters. As has been said, the.
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