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Little Breeches

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
September
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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I don't go mach on religión, I never ain't had no show, Bat I've got a middlin' tight grip, slr. On the handful o' thinga I know. I don't pan out on the prophets And free wtll, and that sort of thing- But 1 b'lieve in God and the angels. Ever sence one nigh t last spring. I come into town wtthsome turnips. And my little Gabe come along- No four-year-old in the county Could beat him for pretty and stroog- Peart and chipper and sassy, Always ready to swear and fight- And I'd larnt him to chaw terbacker Jest to keep his milk teeth white. The snow come down like a blanket As 1 passed by Taggart's store; I went in for a Jug of molaesea And left the team at the door. They scared at somethiní? and started- I heard one little squall. And hell-to-split over the prairie Went team, Uttle Breeches and all. Hell-to-split over the prairie! I was almost froze with skeer: But we rousted up some torches. And sarched for 'em f ar and near. At last we struck hossesand wagon, Snowed tinder a soft white mound, Upsot, dearl but of little (iabe No hide nor hair wa found. And here all Hope soured on me. Of my fellow critter's aidI jest flopped down on my niarrow bonee, Crotch deep in the snow. and prayed. ,...♦ By this, the lorches was played out. And me and Isrul Parr Went off for some wood to a sheepfold That he said was Rornewhar thar. We found it at last, and a litUe shed Where they shut up the lambs at night; We looked in and seen them huddle thar, So warm and sleepy and white; And thar sot Little Breeches and chirped. As peart as ever you see, "I want a shaw of terbacker, And that's what's the matter of me." How did he git tharï Angels. He could never have walked ín that sto rm. They just scooped down and toted him To wliar it was safe and warm. And 1 think that saving a little child. And bringing him to his own. Is a durned sight better business Than loaflng around the Throne.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier