The ROCKET Book
by PETER NEWELL
HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY HARPER & BROTHERS ——————— PATENTED JUNE 4, 1912 ——————— PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912
THE BASEMENT
When Fritz, the Janitor's bad kid,
Went snooping in the basement,
He found a rocket snugly hid
Beneath the window casement.
He struck a match with one fell swoop;
Then, on the concrete kneeling,
He lit the rocket and—she—oop!
It shot up through the ceiling.
FIRST FLAT
The Steiners on the floor above
Of breakfast were partaking;
Crash! came the rocket, unannounced,
And set them all a-quaking!
It smote a catsup bottle, fair,
And bang! the thing exploded!
And now these people all declare
That catsup flask was loaded.
SECOND FLAT
Before the fire old Grandpa Hopp
Dozed in his arm-chair big,
When from a trunk the rocket burst
And carried off his wig!
It passed so near his ancient head
He roused up with a start,
And, turning to his grandsons, said,
