The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1906, Page 9

A » » s JLLYSTRATED Brx V. FLoYD " CAMPBELL.. They had rested up for a day or more; © sweaters gay, a red and blue; ter shoes and stockings, too; , the kind that tourists wear, ‘While Teddy B with pokers eight Made the furnace blaze at a lively rate. They rang the bell-and the whistle blew; The track was clear and before they knew They were in a town, and had run clear through, They whizzed along for an hour or two They were out for fun; they didn't care; They saw the whole of the county falr. They shot for canes; it cost a dime; @ They hit the bull's eye every time. They turned a crank to see butter made; And drank some purple lemonade. The Zhildren found them cakes to eat. And 2sked them home their friends to meet. At three o’clock that afternoon, A man would go up in a balloon. The man was sick: he couldn't go: And Teddy B said, “I¢ that Is so L4 SGAA N NI o @, > o\‘:'f/ @ S| S |% NS “TmEY FAD RESTED UPFOR A DAY OR JMORE, i AND BOUGHT SOME.CLOTHES IN A COUNTRY STORE. - - “LIKE BRUCE *S SPIDER OF DAYS GONE BY, LIED TRY s AND ZRY y: AND TRY y AND TRY. - 3 = - ¢ THE BEARS AT THE COUHNTY FAIR % ° 4 i / - , (Copyright, 1805, by Seymour Baton. All rights reserved.) The men were in a house close by, The omc!fi took them by the hand. And a Missouri ham of largest size. 7 HE bears had learned the farming trade, Walting orders and eating ple. And gave them seats on the judge's stand, The children gathered In a ring, ’ They could milk a cow ar mbb-u ApRls: TRy BTl Uh (o the siigthe cabi . Where they could see the fun and hear the band. 9% S Ahem, darioe and hear them sing: () They’d taught & school and learned the trick Turned on the steam and kept sharpest tab “We didn’t come,” sald Teddy B, They walked on ropes drawn good and tight, .’ How country boys get ahead so quick, On things in front, at left and right, ;';“ Judge your show: we're here to see. m ’:W "“f::l‘h :":P' ;n‘ W:d right. They were ready now for city life; #, o\ you don't mind we’ll walk around, Y e a donkey and bought some toys, \ / For fame or fun: for business strife. AR Tunirue). S S onie |10 T BRN And see what's doing on the ground.” And gave them away to girls and boys. g sticks and a dozen ' palr . Of cuffs and collars of glossy whit: et g s e They, climbed a pole and put up flags, LoD o & SRS e Lo, . ¥ And turned a switch and made them bunt And raced with boys in potato bags. A lMttle journey to the sky." » hey went out at night; Into a load of coal and a crossing gate They took a turn on a tandem wheel, The bears got, in with grips and things, uttons on cards in rows; In a country town in Missour! State. And made the champlon wheelmen feel And bags of sand and food and strings, s to hold their clothes, Like thirty cents out in the rain And telescopes and ropes and maps: »¥ to farm and beast, They wernt up the street to look around; Running a race with a railroad train. The basket full of balloonist traps. ed again on thelr journey East. The air was filled with music sound; Y A répe was fastemed strong and jight, And crowds were moving here and thers, But the biggest fun of the fair that day The balloon shot up to its greatest helght. an travel” said Teddy B, And Sags weve SoalE I S Alr. ‘Was when Teddy G, the farmers say, ' The erowd below mude lots of nolse, ® S Goe sxsouiive Bor yu SRS ‘Walked out the pole o’er the river dam e two bears culled down to the boys: - g 4 They walked alang to the pablic square, To win a prize and to get a ham: -] o the rope, we like the fum, .;\ VAR, Aty &0 eagans Ror. a. ST And stepped right into a county fair; While Teddy B in a boat helow It beats the farm or the broncho run.” R \‘ ?l'o 1 1 the way that emgines go. The Jbiggest crowds they had ever seen, Gave him directfons how to go. . The boys called out to hold on tight. - \, “A good ide Teddy G, ‘With- something doing on the green. & The pole it shook from east to west The bears called back “Bésure to write.” 0 - “] have always thought I'd like to be . And up and down:; it did its best ‘The rope was cut and up they flew, \ : A circus clown or an engineer. Teddy G showed cards at the entrance gate To shake the bear, but Teddy G Beyond the clouds and away from' ciew. ‘\0 You run the fire and I shall ‘steer, And sald: “I'm sorry, but our train was late; Gould walk o fimh of clmBiatise < g \5‘ And we’ll make the engine hit a pace The engine ran into an open switch And he did thie pole from start to tip The crowd went homedn:l: ‘!:l:fi:: fflr'da:m \ And almost put us In the ditch.” tep and without a elip; Of the jolly ¥S an 9 Y WayS, 9 7/ That was never Seen in a rallroad race.” The engine stood on a siding near; No one was there (bears have no fear:; They hadn’t learned like me and you The things that are wrong for bears to do). “You'll excuse our clothes,” said Teddy B; “We'were In the country, don’t you see, And dldn’t want to delay the fair While we changed our clothes or combed our hair’ But every time he reached the ham He_ tumbled headlong in the dam.’ Like Bruce's sgider of years sofi(i by, He'd try, and’ try, and ‘try, and!try; Till at last he won the money prize Qf the tficks they played on the village green, And the stories told of things they'd seen. Folks watched the sky both noon and night, The balloon was not again In sight. 7 (Continued next Sunday.)