Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1912 — The LAST FIRECRACKER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The LAST FIRECRACKER

by WILBUR D. NESBIT

red firecracker \\ lying alone; companions Are Dursted and gone. ' Not one of ~7P\s**£=> Nor loved'&rf-»-trigtr ' To obseh-e its last sputter /'"'O c*~\ Or hear its N 1 jv/f J It lies on the sidewalk, But none takes it up— Little Willie has wandered N A Downtown with the 1 \ f J - ■ <6= * To inquire of the 'f Y k If dogs grow new tail's t\V L For a bunch of VAa/ Filled puppy with wails. • , /-N Uncle Thomas is resting /— v Upstairs on a cot-6-j He must lie on his srqnractJ;'/ V \ His back is so hot; Poor old grandpa is moimfig l "ySA^ In grizzled despair, t\ For a wayward 1 1 beard and 'Papa has his head bandaged In coverings neat, And a surgeon is fixing yf\k uL The bums on his feet; Mamma thinks she’ll The use of her arms, X ( d>~JJ Though the red fire that Caused eight fire alarms^ --L “~*r» . ■ Tis the last red firecracker . Where it was flung down Ere the mantle of silenfei •Tfer'x FeU overVffiiibxvn: There’s no \jne to explodest: It lies whefeiKfel!, And must wait fori^mtjpn' l ((< (fivQd Till some one gets wejtr>-sd^pg-