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Harper's Young People, August 9, 1881

Part 2 — THEN AND NOW.

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BY W. T. PETERS.

When skies were overflowing, When noisy winds were blowing, And all the land was cold, We went abroad, scarce knowing That dandelions were growing In gay rosettes of gold. But when the skies were bluer, And all the land looked newer And lovelier for the rain, When every cloud was banished, The dandelions then vanished, And but their ghosts remain.

"It's getting awful! Been sitting here all morning, and only caught a lot of little good-for-nothings."

Illustration from Harper's Young People, August 9, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly

"Hi! that was a good nibble."

Illustration from Harper's Young People, August 9, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly

Caught!

Illustration from Harper's Young People, August 9, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly

Moral: Small boys should be satisfied with small fish.

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