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"opening Of A Chestnut Burr."

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
November
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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" Any chestnuts 'rouüd here?" asked mie of throe city boys wbo met an aged, benevoIeiit-lookingfárroeroutinLivoniatown ghiy. Tlie old man hesitated : '"' Vou dou't want to steal 'em?" hu asked. "Oh, no, we just wanted to find out. "'Well, there's a few trees back there but it' I thought you wanted to steal then 1 wouldn't have told you, for the owner's gohe to town ; but you' re bright, honest lookinc boys." The boys blushed witli the pride of cod scious goodness. " Wlion will the owner be back?" " Well, not before dark, I reckon." The boys respectfully tbanked the o! man, waited till he got out of sigbt. juoipet the fence aud weie soon shaking dowD the b.urrs. 'L'lie shaking was easy, but the opcninj of the chestnut burrs was more difficult aw unpleasant. At lat the boys had a splen ihd pile of handsonie, brown nuts on the ground and ihey prepared to put them in the bags they brought with thein.'" " Please doo't take any more trouble,' said the benevolent old man 'who stood by the fence beaminK kindly on the startled boys. " I'm uot so strong as I once was, and l fear I can't hold in this dog niuoh longer. Ifyou'll hurry, though, I guess I can keep hiui liere till you get to tlie railroad track. Down, Tige, sir !" As the boyn looked back from the railroad fence, they could see the stooping figure of the old man as he was .cooping the rich, brown chestnuts into a two-bushel bag.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News