The Rocket Book | Page 2

Tom's pap had helped him start his train,
And all would have been
fine
Had not the rocket, raising Cain,
Blocked traffic on the line.
It blew the engine into scrap,
As in a fit of passion.
"Who would
have thought that toy," said pap,
"Would blow up in such fashion!"
[Illustration: FOURTEENTH FLAT]
FIFTEENTH FLAT
Orlando Pease, quite at his ease,
The "Morning Star" was reading.

"My dear," said he to Mrs. Pease,
"Here's a report worth heeding."
The rocket then in wanton sport
Flashed through the printed pages.

The lady gasped, "A wild report!"
Then swooned by easy stages.
[Illustration: FIFTEENTH FLAT]
SIXTEENTH FLAT
Doc Danby was a stupid guy,
So, lest he sleep too late,
He placed a
tattoo clock near by
To waken him at eight.
But, ah! the rocket smote that clock
And smashed its way clean
through it!
"You have a fine alarm," said Doc,
"But, say, you
overdo it!"
[Illustration: SIXTEENTH FLAT]
SEVENTEENTH FLAT

A penny-liner, Abram Stout,
Was writing a description.
"The flame
shot up," he pounded out--
Then threw a mild conniption.
For through his Flemington there shied
A rocket, hot and mystic.
"I
didn't mean to be," he cried,
"So deuced realistic!"
[Illustration: SEVENTEENTH FLAT]
EIGHTEENTH FLAT
Gus Gummer long had set his head
Upon some strange invention.

"Be careful, Gus," his good wife said;
"It might explode. I mention--"
Just then the pesky rocket flared
And wrecked that Yankee notion.

"I feared as much!" his wife declared;
Then fainted from emotion.
[Illustration: EIGHTEENTH FLAT]
NINETEENTH FLAT
While Burt was on his hobby-horse
And riding it like mad,
The
rocket on its fiery course
Upset the startled lad.
The frightened pony plunged a lot,
Like Fury playing tag.
"Whoa,
Spot!" said Burt. "Who would have thought
You such a fiery nag!"
[Illustration: NINETEENTH FLAT]
TWENTIETH FLAT
A taxidermist plied his trade
Upon a walrus' head.
It really made
him quite afraid
To meet its stare so dread.
When suddenly the rocket, bright,
Flared up and then was off!
"Oh,
Minnie," cried the man in fright,
"Just hear that walrus cough!"
[Illustration: TWENTIETH FLAT]

TOP FLAT
Oh, it was just a splendid flight--
That rocket's wild career!
But to
an end it came, all right,
As you shall straightway hear.
It plunged into a can of cream
That Billy Bunk was freezing,
And
froze quite stiff, as it would seem,
And so subsided, wheezing.
[Illustration: TOP FLAT]
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