THE LAST OF THE HUGGERMUGGERS,
A GIANT STORY.
BY
CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH
CONTENTS.
THE
LAST OF THE HUGGERMUGGERS.
HOW LITTLE JACKET WOULD GO TO SEA.
HIS GOOD AND HIS BAD LUCK AT SEA
HOW HE FARED ON SHORE.
HOW HUGGERMUGGER CAME ALONG.
was
[Footnote: The
"clam" is an American bivalve shell-fish, so called from hiding itself
in the sand. A "clam chowder" is a very savory kind of thick soup, of
which the clam is a chief ingredient. I put in this note for the
benefit of little English boys and girls, if it should chance that this
story should find its way to their country.]
WHAT HAPPENED TO LITTLE JACKET IN THE
GIANT'S BOOT.
his
HOW LITTLE JACKET ESCAPED FROM
KOBBLETOZO'S SHOP.
HOW HE MADE USE OF HUGGERMUGGER IN
TRAVELLING.
his
HOW LITTLE JACKET AND HIS FRIENDS LEFT
THE GIANT'S ISLAND.
MR. NABBUM.
Rum?
could
ZEBEDEE AND JACKY PUT THEIR HEADS
TOGETHER.
THEY SAIL FOR HUGGERMUGGER'S ISLAND.
THE HUGGERMUGGERS IN A NEW LIGHT.
HUGGERMUGGER HALL.
KOBBLETOZO ASTONISHES MR. SCRAWLER.
Now there are two persons
who have been told the secret. It was told to me, and I tell it to you
you
my
them
MRS. HUGGERMUGGER GROWS THIN AND FADES
AWAY.
THE SORROWS OF HUGGERMUGGER.
HUGGERMUGGER LEAVES HIS ISLAND
THE LAST OF HUGGERMUGGER.
Yankee Nabbum
went to sea
A huntin' after
lions;
He came upon an island where
There was a pair
of giants.
He brought his nets and big harpoon,
And thought he'd
try to catch 'em;
But Nabbum found out very soon
There was no need
to fetch 'em.
Yankee Nabbum went ashore,
With Jacky and
some others;
But Huggermugger treated them
Just like his
little brothers.
He took 'em up and put 'em in
His thunderin'
big fish basket;--
He took 'em home and gave them all
they wanted, ere
they asked it.
The giants were as sweet to them
As two great
lumps of sugar,--
A very Queen of Candy was
Good Mrs.
Huggermugger.
But, Ah! The good fat woman died,
The giant too
departed,
And came himself on Nabbum's ship,
Quite sad and
broken hearted.
He came aboard and sailed with us,
A sadder man and wiser--
But pretty soon, just like his wife,
He sickened and
did die, Sir.
But Nabbum kept his mighty bones--
How they will
stare to see 'em,
When Nabbum has them all set up
in Barnum's great
Museum!
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