"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