Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1899 — The Modern Casabianca. [ARTICLE]

The Modern Casabianca.

The bgt stood on the backyard tones, Whejoe all but him had fled; The flnwe* that lit hit father’s barn Bhona round him o'er the sheA. A bunco of crackers In his hand, Two ethers In his hat— With piteous accents loud he cried, “I noi er thought of that!” The flgmes flew wide, flew thick, flew hot. They lit upon the brat; They Used those crackers In his hand. And s'en those In his hat. There oame a burst of thunder sonnd-s The boy! Oh, where was he? Ask the winds that strewed around His fragments on the lea! A top, < knife, three marbles and Bomp flsh hooka and some yarn— The rvllfs of that dreadful boy Who burnt his father's barn! -Vim.