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@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ and the conductor, thrusting his head in at the car door, cried out, At last we had reached our journey's end. On the platform my father shook hands with a straight, brisk old gentleman whose face was very serene and rosy. He had on a white hat and a long swallow-tailed coat, -the collar of which came clear up above his cars. He didn't look unlike +the collar of which came clear up above his ears. He didn't look unlike a Pilgrim Father. This, of course, was Grandfather Nutter, at whose house I was born. My mother kissed him a great many times; and I was glad to see him myself, though I naturally did not feel very intimate @@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ destroyed my aim. I shall never be able to banish that awful moment from my memory. Pepper's roar, expressive of astonishment, indignation, and pain, is -still ringing in my cars. I looked upon him as a corpse, and, glancing +still ringing in my ears. I looked upon him as a corpse, and, glancing not far into the dreary future, pictured myself led forth to execution in the presence of the very same spectators then assembled. @@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ Centipede, a Centipede I was bound to be. Other boys had passed through the ordeal and lived, why should not I? A prolonged silence followed this preliminary examination and I was -wondering what would come next, when a pistol fired off close by my car +wondering what would come next, when a pistol fired off close by my ear deafened me for a moment. The unknown voice then directed me to take ten steps forward and stop at the word halt. I took ten steps, and halted. @@ -2379,7 +2379,7 @@ taken hold of it with a pair of tweezers. “Ready!” -“Keep your back to the gate, Tom,” whispered Phil in my car, “and you'll +“Keep your back to the gate, Tom,” whispered Phil in my ear, “and you'll have the sun in his eyes.” Behold us once more face to face, like David and the Philistine. Look @@ -2719,7 +2719,25 @@ competitor who took prize No. 2. wasn't generally an object of envy. My pulse beat high with pride and expectation that Wednesday morning, as I laid my essay, neatly folded, on the master's table. I firmly decline to say which prize I won; but here's the composition to speak for -itself. +itself:-- + + The horse + + The horse is a useful animal He + is nice to have. i have one. + her name is gipsey. She bites, her + main is very long. one Day i was + washing her front Foot when she + bent down her head and lifted + me up by the trousers and then + tumbled me into the water Pale + that was standing near by. i hit + her six times with a pease of + hoop. the way of the transgresser + is hard + + T. Bailey + It is no small-author vanity that induces me to publish this stray leaf of natural history. I lay it before our young folks, not for diff --git a/1948-h/1948-h.htm b/1948-h/1948-h.htm index c036417..882ed5e 100644 --- a/1948-h/1948-h.htm +++ b/1948-h/1948-h.htm @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ At last we had reached our journey's end. On the platform my father shook hands with a straight, brisk old gentleman whose face was very serene and rosy. He had on a white hat and a long swallow-tailed coat, the collar of - which came clear up above his cars. He didn't look unlike a Pilgrim + which came clear up above his ears. He didn't look unlike a Pilgrim Father. This, of course, was Grandfather Nutter, at whose house I was born. My mother kissed him a great many times; and I was glad to see him myself, though I naturally did not feel very intimate with a person whom I @@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ <p> I shall never be able to banish that awful moment from my memory. Pepper's roar, expressive of astonishment, indignation, and pain, is still ringing - in my cars. I looked upon him as a corpse, and, glancing not far into the + in my ears. I looked upon him as a corpse, and, glancing not far into the dreary future, pictured myself led forth to execution in the presence of the very same spectators then assembled. </p> @@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ </p> <p> A prolonged silence followed this preliminary examination and I was - wondering what would come next, when a pistol fired off close by my car + wondering what would come next, when a pistol fired off close by my ear deafened me for a moment. The unknown voice then directed me to take ten steps forward and stop at the word halt. I took ten steps, and halted. </p> @@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@ “Ready!” </p> <p> - “Keep your back to the gate, Tom,” whispered Phil in my car, “and you'll + “Keep your back to the gate, Tom,” whispered Phil in my ear, “and you'll have the sun in his eyes.” </p> <p> @@ -3176,8 +3176,29 @@ <p> My pulse beat high with pride and expectation that Wednesday morning, as I laid my essay, neatly folded, on the master's table. I firmly decline to - say which prize I won; but here's the composition to speak for itself. + say which prize I won; but here's the composition to speak for itself:-- </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1.5em"> +<br> + The horse +<br><br> + The horse is a useful animal He<br> + is nice to have. i have one.<br> + her name is gipsey. She bites, her<br> + main is very long. one Day i was<br> + washing her front Foot when she<br> + bent down her head and lifted<br> + me up by the trousers and then<br> + tumbled me into the water Pale<br> + that was standing near by. i hit<br> + her six times with a pease of<br> + hoop. the way of the transgresser<br> + is hard<br> +<br> + T. Bailey<br><br> +</p> + <p> It is no small-author vanity that induces me to publish this stray leaf of natural history. I lay it before our young folks, not for their |