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i Fvl STRATEGIST.
UR school it give an exhibition Friday evenin' list.
The folka til come tnd brung their aunts and nnclea. Fast
As Sammy Witherepoon, the usher, got one person set
TleJ comfortable, another come, and then another yet;
And then oar braes band come inside and butt right out a-playin
" Hail Columby, Happy Land." I think I'm right in sayln'
There never was such musio
Played before, I know,
Since Joshua's comet It upsot
The walls ol Jericho.
They had a heap of singin' and a drove of little
girls,
As innocent as angels In white frocks and yel
low curls,
Sung songs of which I didn't ketch the mean
in' very plain
Because they didn't all begin to onct; which is
the main
Dramatic criticism I hev got to offer, fer, I swear,
I liked to look at thein bright little girls with yellow hair.
And then our brass band It
Bust out to play and blow,
Like Joehua did when he upsot
The walls of Jericho.
And then they had a dialogue ; young ladies Bgered In it.
I ain't no crit'cism of no sort to offer every minute
I was too busy takin' in the ladies' words and smiles,
And wished that I was there to rescue Beauty from the wiles
Of villains but the band bust out
a-playin', louder than before,
And loosened lots of shakes; broke
specs ; false teeth fell on the
floor.
If Joshua's brass band played
As loud as ourn, you know,
It ain't no wonder they npsot
The walls of Jericho.
Allison Fkkncii.
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" I think it's Just horrid in yon men to
claim a kiss Just because yon happen to catch ns nnder a little piece of
mistletoe," said Miss Thirdseason, as she clung to the arm of a modest
gentleman and led him about so gently that he was unaware that he was
being piloted. " Yon men take advantage of ui just because an old heathen
custom sanctions It. I tell you I am very careful to keep away from it.
No man ever kissed me yet, and I'd die before I'd let him do It. Oh I
Mercy I There's the horrid thing right over my head now," and she turned
her face up and stood paralysed with fright nntil the spell was broken in
the regulation way. Quill.
A CHRISTMAS WISH.
Shi (gating pensively out at the first snow) Oh, how I wish I lived in
Russia I
Hk (astonished) In Russia?
Sue Yes. I've just been reading that a Russian lover will iltigh bit
sweetheart rather than give her np. What glorious men those Russians
must be.
SUE COULD STAND THE PRESSURE.
Jack You could never bring yourself to love a fellow like me, could
yonf
Axr I don't know, Jack. I might nnder pressure.
ONE LITTLE HAND.
I know a little hand petite,
So tender, rosy-red and sweet,
So full of nature's subtle art
That ev'ry motion doth Impart
A strange sensation to my heart.
Oft, when I'm sitting all alone,
I seem to feel It 'tween my own,
Or mayhap in my midnight dreams
Its vision comes until it seems
A sweet effulgence o'er me gleams.
Ah I Tis my throbbing heart's delight
To hold It near with pressure light,
And watch the diamonds flash and flare
That seem to proudly nestle there
. Upon that hand so debonnalr.
Full many a heart rests in that band I
It has my all at its command
One move my cherished hopes might crush,
lint, blame the bluff, I'll make a " rash,"
So here's the hand a bobtail flush I
Jian La Hub Dimm,
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