Half-Past Seven Stories. Robert Gordon Anderson
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Robert Gordon Anderson
Half-Past Seven Stories
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066245917
Table of Contents
THE BLUE CROAKER, THE BRIGHT AGATE, AND THE LITTLE GRAY MIG
THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED ON THE CANAL
DR. PHILEMON PIPP, THE PATIENT MEDICINE MAN
WHEN JEHOSOPHAT FORGOT HIS PIECE
ILLUSTRATIONS
"IT WASN'T LIKE ANY OTHER KIND OF TRAVEL IN THE WORLD"
"WHEN THEY AREN'T RIDING ON THE HAY, OR TO TOWN WITH THE TOYMAN AND OLE METHUSALEH"
"MARMADUKE STOOD ON THE FENCE AND SHOUTED:-- 'HOORAY! GO IT, REDDY!'"
"'THEY'RE GRAPPLIN' IRONS AND MARLIN SPIKES,' EXPLAINED CAPTAIN JEHOSOPHAT, 'AND VERY TERRIBLE WEAPONS'"
"'BETTER THAN SLIPPING DUCKS' EGGS UNDER THE OLE HEN, ISN'T IT?' WHISPERED JEHOSOPHAT TO HIS BROTHER"
"THE BOAT WAS SHAPED LIKE A WOODEN SHOE, AND SHE SURELY HAD SO MANY CHILDREN SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO"
"HE FORMED HIS HANDS IN THE SHAPE OF A CUP AND WAITED"
"'WE MUST HURRY, FOR WAY OVER THERE, I SEE THE SUN. HE'S STIRRING IN HIS SLEEP'"
"'I'LL TAKE IT ALL BACK,' MARMADUKE YELLED, 'YOU'RE NO LADIES AN' GEN'LEMEN--AN' I WON'T EVER ASK YOU TO MY PARTY AGAIN'"
"OUT OF THAT HAT HE DREW A RABBIT, A LIVE WHITE RABBIT, AND HELD IT UP BY ITS EARS FOR ALL TO SEE"
"BUT THEN JEHOSOPHAT JUST HAD TO LOOK AT FATTY, AND FATTY HAD JUST PUT A PEANUT UP TO HIS MOUTH --AS A SORT OF SIGNAL, I GUESS--"
"'CUT A HOLE IN THE TOP OF HIS HEAD--JUST ENOUGH TO SCOOP OUT HIS INSIDES,' SAID OLE MAN PUMPKIN"
"'STAND BACK, FELLOWS,' THE TOYMAN SHOUTED, 'AND WATCH THE CHIPS FLY!'"
"LITTLE JOHNNY CRICKET TRIED TO REACH FOR HIS CRUTCHES, BUT SANTA JUST PICKED HIM UP IN HIS ARMS AND KISSED HIM"
"THEN THE QUEEN CLAPPED HER HANDS AND THE SERVANTS CAME RUNNING IN WITH TRAYS PILED HIGH WITH WONDERFUL FOODS"
"SO, FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEY WATCHED THAT GREAT CLOUD CITY, WITH ALL ITS TOWERS AND FLAGS AND BANNERS WAVING IN THE WIND"
HALF-PAST SEVEN STORIES
"THE TOP OF THE MORNING"
"The top o' the morning!"
That's what the Toyman used to say. And I am sure if you