The Adventures Of Samuel and Selina by Jean C Archer

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Title: The Adventures of Samuel and Selina

Author: Jean C. Archer

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The Dumpy Books for Children.

XIII. The Adventures of

Samuel and Selina.

The Dumpy Books for Children.

Cloth, Royal 32 mo, 1/6 each.

I. THE FLAMP, THE AMELIORATOR, AND THE SCHOOLBOY'S APPRENTICE.
By E. V.

Lucas. (Seventh Thousand.)

II. MRS. TURNER'S CAUTIONARY STORIES. (Eighth Thousand.)
III. THE BAD FAMILY. By Mrs. Fenwick.
(Fifth Thousand.)

IV. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Illustrated in Colours. By Helen Bannerman. (Forty-

seventh Thousand.)

V. THE BOUNTIFUL LADY. By Thomas Cobb. (Fourth Thousand.)
VI. A CAT BOOK. Portraits by H. Officer Smith. Characteristics by E. V. Lucas. (Eighth Thousand.)
VII. A FLOWER BOOK. Illustrated in Colours by Nellie Benson. Story by Eden Coybee. (Eighth

Thousand.)

VIII. THE PINK KNIGHT. Illustrated in Colours by J. R. Monsell. (Eighth Thousand.)
IX. THE LITTLE CLOWN. By Thomas Cobb.
X. A HORSE BOOK. By Mary Tourtel. Illustrated in Colours. (Eighth Thousand.)
XI. LITTLE PEOPLE: An Alphabet. By Henry Mayer. Verses by T. W. H. Crosland. Illustrated in

Colours.

XII. A DOG BOOK. Illustrated in Colours by Carton Moore Park. Text by Ethel Bicknell.
XIII. THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA. By Jean C. Archer. Illustrated in Colours.

LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS,

48, Leicester Square.

THE ADVENTURES

OF

SAMUEL AND SELINA.

By JEAN C. ARCHER.

LONDON

GRANT RICHARDS.

1902.

BENROSE & SONS Ltd

In Spring,

While softly cooed

The Dove,

Sam

Told Selina of

His Love.

He declared his love

The summer moon smiled

The Summer Moon smiled on them both,
Selina plighted him her Troth.

[2]

[7]

[10]

But Autumn brought a gayer Swain—
Selina broke it off again.

Selina broke it off again

She'd give her thumbs to have him back

'Tis Winter now—

Selina's slack—

She'd give her thumbs to have him back.

[15]

[18]

Yet—

When they met

She tossed her head;

He

Stared at her and

Cut her dead!

He stared at her and cut her dead

Blew off Selina's hat

But Fate at last to them was kind:

It sent

a

Roaring,

Raging

Wind!

Which,

Just as Sam was passing by,
Blew off Selina's Hat!

Oh! My!

[23]

[26]

Sam

Caught it—by a daring jump.

Selina's

Heart

went

Thump! Thump!! Thump!!!

"Oh, Sam!" she cried;

Tears dimmed her sight—

And after that it all came right.

Thump! Thump!! Thump!!!

They started on their Honeymoon

They made it up—and very soon
They started on their Honeymoon.

[31]

[34]

Selina proved a model wife,
Her Sam was all her joy in life;
She fetched his shoes and darned his hose,
And sympathized with all his woes.

Selina proved a model wife

And—on her birthday—for a spree

And,

As she let him have his say,

He loved her more from day to day;
And—on her birthday—for a spree,
Took her to the Menagerie.

[39]

[42]

She revelled in the Monkey Walk,
Where Apes, of motley hue,
Each jumped—upon a yellow stick—
All shining and brand new.

Each jumped—upon a yellow stick

The snarks rejoiced her frugal mind

And picture, children, how the Snarks
Rejoiced her frugal mind;
They ate the Buns, they ate the Bag,
And even stale cheese rind.

[47]

[50]

The Jub-jub birds Selina fed,
But they were rude and rough;
They fought and scratched,

Nor would they stop

When they had had enough.

The Jub-jub birds Selina fed

Sam treated her to tea

At last,

When happy, hot and tired,

They found no more to see,
Sam took her to a shady spot
And treated her to tea.

Selina's hat and dress he praised,
She clapped his feeblest puns;
It was a perfect carnival
Of sentiment and Buns!

[55]

[58]

Much time, alas! they cannot spare,
Since holidays are few;
Soon, hand in hand, they start afresh
To seek adventures new.

And all about along the walks
Stern "Cautions" they espy;
"You need not fear," said Samuel,
"While I, my love, am nigh."

Stern "Cautions" they espy

There comes an awful burbling noise

Alas! how brief are mortal joys;
There comes an awful burbling noise!

[63]

[66]

As, terror-struck, he turns to fly,
Too late he hears her anguished cry,

"O Samuel!

O Samuel!!

Beware!

The awful

Camuel"!!!

Too late he hears her anguished cry

The camel rushed

The Camel rushed!

The Camel flew!

Till all its spots were streaks of blue;
To Samuel it seemed to be
Itself a whole

Menagerie!

[71]

[74]

The Camel chased him round and round;
He sank—exhausted—on the ground;
The Camel never noticed that,
But pranced along—

with Sammy's hat.

The camel chased him round and round

It bust and died

And—when it found its victim gone,
Imagine how the brute went on;
It bucked and reared

and kicked

and shied,

Till, finally,

It Bust!

and died.

[79]

[82]

When Sammy heard the loud report
And saw the pieces fly,
He felt that sure as eggs was eggs,
He, too, must surely die.

But brave Selina, though her tears
Fell all the while like rain,
Washed off the dirt and set him up
Upon his feet again.

Brave Selina

But there the camel's owner stood

She found the remnants of his hat,
And led him to the gate;
But there the Camel's owner stood
As large and grim as fate.

Before they left, that greedy man
Took all the cash they had,
And turned their pockets inside-out
(Which made Selina mad).

How different their coming home

From their gay start at morn;

They creep along—a sorry sight—
Bedraggled and forlorn.

He knows he showed a want of pluck,

Whatever she may say;

She feels that it was all her fault

For having a birthday.

They creep along—a sorry sight

[87]

[90]

[95]

He draws her closer to her side

But—once at home—the ruddy blaze
Each drooping spirit cheers;
Sam sets Selina by the fire
And wipes away her tears.

He draws her closer to his side;
He tootles on a comb,
And sings her, as her sobs subside,
A verse of "Home, Sweet Home."

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