This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...suthin or other." 202 DABItTS GREEN AND HIS FLYING MACHINE. And he said to himself, as he tinkered and planned. "But I ain't goin' to show my hand To nummies that never can understand The fust idee that's big an' grand They'd 'a' laft an' made fun O' Creation itself, afore't was done!" So he kept his secret from all ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...suthin or other." 202 DABItTS GREEN AND HIS FLYING MACHINE. And he said to himself, as he tinkered and planned. "But I ain't goin' to show my hand To nummies that never can understand The fust idee that's big an' grand They'd 'a' laft an' made fun O' Creation itself, afore't was done!" So he kept his secret from all the rest, Safely buttoned within his vest; And in the loft above the shed Himself he locks, with thimble and thread And wax and hammer and buckles and screws, And all such things as geniuses use;--Two bats for patterns, curious fellows! A charcoal-pot and a pair of bellows; An old hoop-skirt or two, as well as Some wire, and several old umbrellas; A carriage-cover, for tail and wings; A piece of a harness; and straps and strings; And a big strong box, In which he locks These and a hundred other things. His grinning brothers, Reuben and Burke And Nathan and Jotham and Solomon, lurk Around the corner to see him work, --Sitting cross-legged, like a Turk, Drawing the waxed-end through with a jerk, And boring the holes with a comical quirk Of his wise old head, and a knowing smirk. But vainly they mounted each other's backs, And poked through knot-holes and pried through cracks; With wood from the pile and straw from the stacks He plugged the knot-holes and calked the cracks; And a bucket of water, which one would think He had brought up into the loft to drink When he chanced to be dry, Stood always nigh, For Darius was sly! And whenever at work he happened to spy At chink or crevice a blinking eye, He let a dipper of water fly. "Take that! an' ef ever ye git a peep, Guess ye 'll ketch a weasel asleep!" DAEIUS GBEEN AND HIS FLYING-MACHINE. And he sings as he locks His big strong box: --SONG. "The weasel's head is small an'...
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