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+
+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Rocket Book, by Peter Newell
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: The Rocket Book
+
+Author: Peter Newell
+
+Release Date: November 19, 2005 [EBook #17104]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROCKET BOOK ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Jason Isbell, David Garcia and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
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+
+</pre>
+
+
+<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/cover-f.jpg"><img src="images/cover-f.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="FRONT COVER" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/title-f.jpg"><img src="images/title-f.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h1>
+ The ROCKET Book
+</h1>
+<h2>
+by PETER NEWELL
+</h2>
+
+<p class="center">
+HARPER &amp; BROTHERS
+<br />
+NEW YORK
+</p>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<p class="center">
+COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY HARPER &amp; BROTHERS<br />
+&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;<br />
+PATENTED JUNE 4, 1912<br />
+&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;<br />
+PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA<br />
+PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912<br />
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/title-h.jpg"><img src="images/title-h.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="THE ROCKET BOOK" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ THE BASEMENT
+</h2>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> When Fritz, the Janitor's bad kid, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Went snooping in the basement, </p>
+<p class="i2"> He found a rocket snugly hid </p>
+<p class="i4"> Beneath the window casement. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole00.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> He struck a match with one fell swoop; </p>
+<p class="i4"> Then, on the concrete kneeling, </p>
+<p class="i2"> He lit the rocket and&mdash;she&mdash;oop! </p>
+<p class="i4"> It shot up through the ceiling. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat00.jpg"><img src="images/flat00.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="THE BASEMENT " /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ FIRST FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> The Steiners on the floor above </p>
+<p class="i4"> Of breakfast were partaking; </p>
+<p class="i2"> Crash! came the rocket, unannounced, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And set them all a-quaking! </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole01.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole) " />
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> It smote a catsup bottle, fair, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And bang! the thing exploded! </p>
+<p class="i2"> And now these people all declare </p>
+<p class="i4"> That catsup flask was loaded. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat01.jpg"><img src="images/flat01.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="FIRST FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ SECOND FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Before the fire old Grandpa Hopp</p>
+<p class="i4"> Dozed in his arm-chair big,</p>
+<p class="i2"> When from a trunk the rocket burst</p>
+<p class="i2"> And carried off his wig!</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole02.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> It passed so near his ancient head</p>
+<p class="i4"> He roused up with a start,</p>
+<p class="i2"> And, turning to his grandsons, said,</p>
+<p class="i4"> "You fellows think you're smart!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat02.jpg"><img src="images/flat02.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="SECOND FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ THIRD FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Algernon Bracket, somewhat rash, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Had blown a monster bubble, </p>
+<p class="i2"> When, oh! there came a blinding flash, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Precipitating trouble! </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole03.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> But Algy turned in mild disgust, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And called to Mama Bracket, </p>
+<p class="i2"> "Say, did you hear that bubble bu'st? </p>
+<p class="i4"> It made an awful racket!" </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat03.jpg"><img src="images/flat03.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="THIRD FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ FOURTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Jo Budd, who'd bought a potted plant, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Was dousing it with water. </p>
+<p class="i2"> He fancied this would make it grow, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And Joseph loved to potter. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole04.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Then through the pot the rocket shot</p>
+<p class="i4"> And made the scene look sickly!</p>
+<p class="i2"> "Well, now," said Jo, "I never thought</p>
+<p class="i4"> That plant would shoot so quickly!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat04.jpg"><img src="images/flat04.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="FOURTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ FIFTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Right here 'tis needful to remark</p>
+<p class="i4"> That Dick and "Little Son"</p>
+<p class="i2"> Were playing with a Noah's ark</p>
+<p class="i4"> And having loads of fun,</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole05.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> When all at once that rocket, stout, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Up through the ark came blazing! </p>
+<p class="i2"> The animals were tossed about </p>
+<p class="i4"> And did some stunts amazing. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat05.jpg"><img src="images/flat05.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="FIFTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ SIXTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> A Burglar on the next floor up</p>
+<p class="i4"> The sideboard was exploring.</p>
+<p class="i2"> (The family, with the brindled pup,</p>
+<p class="i4"> Were still asleep and snoring.)</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole06.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Just then, up through the silverware </p>
+<p class="i4"> The rocket thundered, flaring! </p>
+<p class="i2"> The Burglar got a dreadful scare; </p>
+<p class="i4"> Then out the door went tearing. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat06.jpg"><img src="images/flat06.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="SIXTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ SEVENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Miss Mamie Briggs with no mean skill</p>
+<p class="i4"> Was playing "Casey's Fling"</p>
+<p class="i2"> To please her cousin, Amos Gill,</p>
+<p class="i4"> Who liked that sort of thing,</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole07.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> When suddenly the rocket, hot, </p>
+<p class="i4"> The old piano jumbled! </p>
+<p class="i2"> It stopped that rag-time like a shot, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Then through the ceiling rumbled. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat07.jpg"><img src="images/flat07.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="SEVENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ EIGHTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Up through the next floor on its way</p>
+<p class="i4"> That rocket, dread, went tearing</p>
+<p class="i2"> Where Winkle stood in bath-robe, gay,</p>
+<p class="i4"> A tepid bath preparing.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole08.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> The tub it punctured like a shot </p>
+<p class="i4"> And made a mighty splashing. </p>
+<p class="i2"> The man was rooted to the spot; </p>
+<p class="i4"> Then out the door went dashing. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat08.jpg"><img src="images/flat08.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="EIGHTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ NINTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Bob Brooks was puffing very hard </p>
+<p class="i4"> His football to inflate, </p>
+<p class="i2"> While round him stood his faithful guard, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And they could hardly wait. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole09.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Then came the rocket, fierce and bright, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And through the football rumbled. </p>
+<p class="i2"> "You've got a pair of lungs, all right!" </p>
+<p class="i4"> His staring playmates grumbled. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat09.jpg"><img src="images/flat09.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="NINTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ TENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> The family dog, with frenzied mien, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Was chasing Fluff, the mouser, </p>
+<p class="i2"> When, poof! the rocket flashed between, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And quite astonished Towzer. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole10.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Now, if this dog had wit enough</p>
+<p class="i4"> The English tongue to torture,</p>
+<p class="i2"> He might have growled such silly stuff</p>
+<p class="i4"> As, "Whew! that cat's a scorcher!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat10.jpg"><img src="images/flat10.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="TENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ ELEVENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> While Carrie Cook sat with a book</p>
+<p class="i4"> The phonograph played sweetly.</p>
+<p class="i2"> Then came the rocket and it smashed</p>
+<p class="i4"> That instrument completely.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole11.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Fair Carrie promptly turned her head,</p>
+<p class="i4"> Attracted by the roar.</p>
+<p class="i2"> "Dear me, I never heard," she said,</p>
+<p class="i4"> "That record played before!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat11.jpg"><img src="images/flat11.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="ELEVENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ TWELFTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> De Vere was searching for a match </p>
+<p class="i4"> To light a cigarette, </p>
+<p class="i2"> But failed to find one with despatch, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Which threw him in a pet. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole12.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Just then the rocket flared up bright </p>
+<p class="i4"> Before his face and crackled, </p>
+<p class="i2"> Supplying him the needed light&mdash; </p>
+<p class="i4"> "Thanks, awfully," he cackled. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat12.jpg"><img src="images/flat12.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="TWELFTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ THIRTEENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Home from the shop came Maud's new hat&mdash; </p>
+<p class="i4"> A hat of monstrous size! </p>
+<p class="i2"> It almost filled the tiny flat </p>
+<p class="i4"> Before her ravished eyes. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole13.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> When, sch-u-u! up through the box so proud</p>
+<p class="i4"> The rocket flared and spluttered.</p>
+<p class="i2"> "I said that hat was all too loud!"</p>
+<p class="i4"> Her peevish husband muttered.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat13.jpg"><img src="images/flat13.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="THIRTEENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ FOURTEENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Tom's pap had helped him start his train, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And all would have been fine </p>
+<p class="i2"> Had not the rocket, raising Cain, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Blocked traffic on the line. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole14.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> It blew the engine into scrap,</p>
+<p class="i4"> As in a fit of passion.</p>
+<p class="i2"> "Who would have thought that toy," said pap,</p>
+<p class="i4"> "Would blow up in such fashion!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat14.jpg"><img src="images/flat14.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="FOURTEENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ FIFTEENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Orlando Pease, quite at his ease,</p>
+<p class="i4"> The "Morning Star" was reading.</p>
+<p class="i2"> "My dear," said he to Mrs. Pease,</p>
+<p class="i4"> "Here's a report worth heeding."</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole15.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> The rocket then in wanton sport</p>
+<p class="i4"> Flashed through the printed pages.</p>
+<p class="i2"> The lady gasped, "A wild report!"</p>
+<p class="i4"> Then swooned by easy stages.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat15.jpg"><img src="images/flat15.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="FIFTEENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ SIXTEENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Doc Danby was a stupid guy, </p>
+<p class="i4"> So, lest he sleep too late, </p>
+<p class="i2"> He placed a tattoo clock near by </p>
+<p class="i4"> To waken him at eight. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole16.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> But, ah! the rocket smote that clock</p>
+<p class="i4"> And smashed its way clean through it!</p>
+<p class="i2"> "You have a fine alarm," said Doc,</p>
+<p class="i4"> "But, say, you overdo it!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat16.jpg"><img src="images/flat16.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="SIXTEENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ SEVENTEENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> A penny-liner, Abram Stout, </p>
+<p class="i4"> Was writing a description. </p>
+<p class="i2"> "The flame shot up," he pounded out&mdash; </p>
+<p class="i4"> Then threw a mild conniption. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole17.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> For through his Flemington there shied</p>
+<p class="i4"> A rocket, hot and mystic.</p>
+<p class="i2"> "I didn't mean to be," he cried,</p>
+<p class="i4"> "So deuced realistic!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat17.jpg"><img src="images/flat17.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="SEVENTEENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ EIGHTEENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Gus Gummer long had set his head</p>
+<p class="i4"> Upon some strange invention.</p>
+<p class="i2"> "Be careful, Gus," his good wife said;</p>
+<p class="i4"> "It might explode. I mention&mdash;"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole18.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Just then the pesky rocket flared </p>
+<p class="i4"> And wrecked that Yankee notion. </p>
+<p class="i2"> "I feared as much!" his wife declared; </p>
+<p class="i4"> Then fainted from emotion. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat18.jpg"><img src="images/flat18.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="EIGHTEENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ NINETEENTH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> While Burt was on his hobby-horse</p>
+<p class="i4"> And riding it like mad,</p>
+<p class="i2"> The rocket on its fiery course</p>
+<p class="i4"> Upset the startled lad.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole19.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> The frightened pony plunged a lot,</p>
+<p class="i4"> Like Fury playing tag.</p>
+<p class="i2"> "Whoa, Spot!" said Burt. "Who would have thought</p>
+<p class="i4"> You such a fiery nag!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat19.jpg"><img src="images/flat19.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="NINETEENTH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ TWENTIETH FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> A taxidermist plied his trade</p>
+<p class="i4"> Upon a walrus' head.</p>
+<p class="i2"> It really made him quite afraid</p>
+<p class="i4"> To meet its stare so dread.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole20.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> When suddenly the rocket, bright,</p>
+<p class="i4"> Flared up and then was off!</p>
+<p class="i2"> "Oh, Minnie," cried the man in fright,</p>
+<p class="i4"> "Just hear that walrus cough!"</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat20.jpg"><img src="images/flat20.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="TWENTIETH FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+ TOP FLAT
+</h2>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> Oh, it was just a splendid flight&mdash; </p>
+<p class="i4"> That rocket's wild career! </p>
+<p class="i2"> But to an end it came, all right, </p>
+<p class="i4"> As you shall straightway hear. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole21.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2"> It plunged into a can of cream </p>
+<p class="i4"> That Billy Bunk was freezing, </p>
+<p class="i2"> And froze quite stiff, as it would seem, </p>
+<p class="i4"> And so subsided, wheezing. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure" style="width:400px;">
+<a href="images/flat21.jpg"><img src="images/flat21.jpg" style="width:100%;"
+alt="TOP FLAT" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<div class="figure">
+<img src="images/hole22.png" width="80" height="70"
+alt="(Rocket Hole)" />
+</div>
+
+<span class="pg">[pg]</span>
+
+<p style="display: none;">
+[Blank Page]
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+<hr class="full" />
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<p class="center">
+Click below to see an animation of what the growing rocket holes looked like
+when the reader quickly flipped through the pages of the physical book.</p>
+<center><a href="images/newanim.gif">Animation</a></center>
+
+<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+<pre>
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Rocket Book, by Peter Newell
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: The Rocket Book
+
+Author: Peter Newell
+
+Release Date: November 19, 2005 [EBook #17104]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROCKET BOOK ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Jason Isbell, David Garcia and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
+
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: FRONT COVER]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ The ROCKET Book
+
+ by PETER NEWELL
+
+
+
+ HARPER & BROTHERS
+ NEW YORK
+
+
+
+
+ COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY HARPER & BROTHERS
+ --------------
+ PATENTED JUNE 4, 1912
+ --------------
+ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
+ PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912
+
+
+
+
+
+
+THE ROCKET BOOK
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BASEMENT
+
+
+ When Fritz, the Janitor's bad kid,
+ Went snooping in the basement,
+ He found a rocket snugly hid
+ Beneath the window casement.
+
+ He struck a match with one fell swoop;
+ Then, on the concrete kneeling,
+ He lit the rocket and--she--oop!
+ It shot up through the ceiling.
+
+
+[Illustration: THE BASEMENT]
+
+
+
+
+FIRST FLAT
+
+
+ The Steiners on the floor above
+ Of breakfast were partaking;
+ Crash! came the rocket, unannounced,
+ And set them all a-quaking!
+
+ It smote a catsup bottle, fair,
+ And bang! the thing exploded!
+ And now these people all declare
+ That catsup flask was loaded.
+
+
+[Illustration: FIRST FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+SECOND FLAT
+
+
+ Before the fire old Grandpa Hopp
+ Dozed in his arm-chair big,
+ When from a trunk the rocket burst
+ And carried off his wig!
+
+ It passed so near his ancient head
+ He roused up with a start,
+ And, turning to his grandsons, said,
+ "You fellows think you're smart!"
+
+
+[Illustration: SECOND FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+THIRD FLAT
+
+
+ Algernon Bracket, somewhat rash,
+ Had blown a monster bubble,
+ When, oh! there came a blinding flash,
+ Precipitating trouble!
+
+ But Algy turned in mild disgust,
+ And called to Mama Bracket,
+ "Say, did you hear that bubble bu'st?
+ It made an awful racket!"
+
+
+[Illustration: THIRD FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+FOURTH FLAT
+
+
+ Jo Budd, who'd bought a potted plant,
+ Was dousing it with water.
+ He fancied this would make it grow,
+ And Joseph loved to potter.
+
+ Then through the pot the rocket shot
+ And made the scene look sickly!
+ "Well, now," said Jo, "I never thought
+ That plant would shoot so quickly!"
+
+
+[Illustration: FOURTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+FIFTH FLAT
+
+
+ Right here 'tis needful to remark
+ That Dick and "Little Son"
+ Were playing with a Noah's ark
+ And having loads of fun,
+
+ When all at once that rocket, stout,
+ Up through the ark came blazing!
+ The animals were tossed about
+ And did some stunts amazing.
+
+
+[Illustration: FIFTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+SIXTH FLAT
+
+
+ A Burglar on the next floor up
+ The sideboard was exploring.
+ (The family, with the brindled pup,
+ Were still asleep and snoring.)
+
+ Just then, up through the silverware
+ The rocket thundered, flaring!
+ The Burglar got a dreadful scare;
+ Then out the door went tearing.
+
+
+[Illustration: SIXTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+SEVENTH FLAT
+
+
+ Miss Mamie Briggs with no mean skill
+ Was playing "Casey's Fling"
+ To please her cousin, Amos Gill,
+ Who liked that sort of thing,
+
+ When suddenly the rocket, hot,
+ The old piano jumbled!
+ It stopped that rag-time like a shot,
+ Then through the ceiling rumbled.
+
+
+[Illustration: SEVENTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+EIGHTH FLAT
+
+
+ Up through the next floor on its way
+ That rocket, dread, went tearing
+ Where Winkle stood in bath-robe, gay,
+ A tepid bath preparing.
+
+ The tub it punctured like a shot
+ And made a mighty splashing.
+ The man was rooted to the spot;
+ Then out the door went dashing.
+
+
+[Illustration: EIGHTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+NINTH FLAT
+
+
+ Bob Brooks was puffing very hard
+ His football to inflate,
+ While round him stood his faithful guard,
+ And they could hardly wait.
+
+ Then came the rocket, fierce and bright,
+ And through the football rumbled.
+ "You've got a pair of lungs, all right!"
+ His staring playmates grumbled.
+
+
+[Illustration: NINTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+TENTH FLAT
+
+
+ The family dog, with frenzied mien,
+ Was chasing Fluff, the mouser,
+ When, poof! the rocket flashed between,
+ And quite astonished Towzer.
+
+ Now, if this dog had wit enough
+ The English tongue to torture,
+ He might have growled such silly stuff
+ As, "Whew! that cat's a scorcher!"
+
+
+[Illustration: TENTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+ELEVENTH FLAT
+
+
+ While Carrie Cook sat with a book
+ The phonograph played sweetly.
+ Then came the rocket and it smashed
+ That instrument completely.
+
+ Fair Carrie promptly turned her head,
+ Attracted by the roar.
+ "Dear me, I never heard," she said,
+ "That record played before!"
+
+
+[Illustration: ELEVENTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+TWELFTH FLAT
+
+
+ De Vere was searching for a match
+ To light a cigarette,
+ But failed to find one with despatch,
+ Which threw him in a pet.
+
+ Just then the rocket flared up bright
+ Before his face and crackled,
+ Supplying him the needed light--
+ "Thanks, awfully," he cackled.
+
+
+[Illustration: TWELFTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+THIRTEENTH FLAT
+
+
+ Home from the shop came Maud's new hat--
+ A hat of monstrous size!
+ It almost filled the tiny flat
+ Before her ravished eyes.
+
+ When, sch-u-u! up through the box so proud
+ The rocket flared and spluttered.
+ "I said that hat was all too loud!"
+ Her peevish husband muttered.
+
+
+[Illustration: THIRTEENTH FLAT]
+
+
+
+
+FOURTEENTH FLAT
+
+
+ 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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