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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1889-12-14
StanI5Ei9eB.

BGris, 18. 8e3ember.- -Srieg8mtniicr
be Srabctnet bat eiue gIOte On bic fEauJ3RI4e
Brtfie gerihtet, In psIdler er bie S0urnlItften
uu6 9{ebniteure eriu9t, in t6reu arttfeIu
tetue 9itttbeiluugen in mC9eu, nsIde bte
Sortidritte Der lur Observation-Disclosures In
angriff geuommeuGu &rbeIteu eutbHaen
tolnteu.
,@aliguanis Tlefeuser" EH an eine III.
tieuseialiGait 5srtauft nor6eu. Die nam'
lihe Gompagnie bat Tabrere, auf 6em 9ous
tiueut Ser6feniItdte aagIo.ameriIauilhe 3ei,
tuugeu aefauft unb miro bttIeIbeH inter bem
Sitel y8be g8eeils SuterRattouaI Etmes"
coEIolieiren. Sns meme SIatt mirb BON Geo.
pOI6 @rabam reSigirt per6eu.
ses sartitIessrsStrtfe to Sts s@weil.
Sem, 10. Sejsmbsr.-S 4unbesratb
bat tne 8eiu@ Der ftrifsnben Shriftieser um
SsrmitteInug jwii6eu tbueu nuH ben arbslt'
! esbsru abssi9Iuaeu.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
The Arizona Kicker.

We extract the following from the last
issue of The Arizona Kicker:
MANY THANKS-On Tuesday last we
were seized with an attack of Apache collie,
and within ten minutes from the time the
grip first took hold we were tied in seven
kinds Of hard knots and wanted a mule team
to hold Us. 1t should be explained that this
collie is next door TO Asiatic cholera and
when it takes hold it means business at whole
sale rates.
We were seriously III for two days and
nights, during which time we had scores of
callers and our friends were anxious to extend
every aid. During the ten hours in which it
was thought We must turn up our toes busi-
ness was mostly suspended IN town, and our
condition was buletined every 1fteen min
utes. Our warmest thanks are due to our
friends and acquaintance and the public
generally We are now about well again,
and shall be more careful in future. This
town can't afford to lose US just now, and
we realize more than ever that our death
would be a serious setback to the entire
state.-Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24

is this- EEK good for anything asked a
stranger, as lie presented the paper at Girls
void street bank the other day
"No, sr,n was the prompt reply; ibid you
take it at its face valueT'
"N-no. It's for $50, and 1 only lent the
man ben On it."
well, you are done for. We know Of no
such person here
I'm beat, ehF'
"You are"
Done with my eyes wide opens'
Eyes"
And deserve no sympathyl"
probably not
WAL, it looks that way, and mebbe de-
served it. l thought l was about as sharp
and cunning as any man il the state of Mich
igan, but providence was waiting to make a
fool Of me at the right time. My head isn't
half as big as it was an hour ago, and | don't
seem TO want to swear, chaw terbacker or
kill policeman Kinder Gurus, amt it.
Guess it's for the best, OF will be after l walk
fifteen miles to- get home. When you see
crushed Strawberries think Of yours truly"
Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
An Absent Minded Man.

''I've met absent minded men in my day, >
said hotel clerk to a Lewiston Journal man,
''but none to surpass porter that | knew
once in a hotel that l worked in at Rye Beach
one summer. 1t was along about IL O'Clock
and the officers brought in a nice respectable
looking man badly intoxicated, who had
come in on the train. Said / to the porter
John, take this man up to his room and
check his valise and put it into the coat room
on the second floor The next morning a
valise was found in bed. We hunted for the
man, and of course found him where you ex-
pect. He was sleeping on the floor in the
coat room, his head on a grip sack and va
lise check, No. -, around his neck. n-Boston
Globe
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Wise Eats.

Mr.. Cohen says the rats up In the old
Wilkes county are somewhat sharper than
they are in Wilcox They bothered him so up
there be fixed KIND OF trap over barrel O.
water 70 topple them in Bat be discovered
that the rats had curiosity as well SIS he-they
wanted 70 know themselves aow the thing
worked One daring fellow would hold on 10
the RIM and tap the trap with his other foot
70 see ii there Was any danger. While this
experiment was goirrg on ne lookei " or tie
plate ana saw about forty big ones watching
the exper.ment wieh prickad esrs.-Aarca
Teiacrauh
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
EOrn That Way.

Two or three days ago Station House
Keeper John Joiner was sitting out in front
of the guard house when an old negro mar
and a little negro child came by. The child's
thin black legs were bent after the fashion Of
pot hooks, and nine people out of ten tina,
saw the child would stop to stare at its bow
legs.
That your child, uncle9' asked the station
house keeper
''Yesser. Leas' hit oughter be-"
Mighty bow legged.
"Yasser," admitted the old man, shit does
look sorter dat way, boss"
Natural deformityF'
mo, So y quickly, ''he was jes born dat
way. "-Atianta Constitution.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
STEEL POINTED
He Had outSrown Childhood.

Street Car Conductor-Madam, you will
have to pay full fare for that boy.
PaSsenger-You said half fare ticket was
all right for him On the way out.
Conductor-It was probably all right when
we started on this trip, but the boy has out
grown the half fare limit since we started.
You cannot expect him to always remain a
child-Omaha World
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
The Effect of Cold.

Little Ike-Uncle Rastus, does cold make
ebrything git httlerl
Uncle Rastus-Yas, it do; cold viii always
contrac'; don't you member night 'fo' las
Christmas de wood pile of Parson Jones dat
Abs mex to me swunk up in one night t. mex
to- nothin's
Little Ike-But don't you member, Uncle
fRastus, how de pile o. wood by de side o de
stove, in de cabin, got heap bii,gerf
Uncle Rastus-Well, twas hot in de room,
you little idyot; heat makes things bigger.
You 'ain't got de sense you was born wild
Harper's Bazar.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
An Easy Subject.

Tom-A professor of phrenolo!y " examined
my Uranium today. He said / new nothing
whatever regarding the value of money
Dick-Did you pay himl
Tom-Yes, gave him dollar in advance
Dck-Then there was no need at all Of his
examining your head Anybody else could
have told you the same tking-Omaha
! World
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Mushrooms and ToadstooIs.

"One method Of Distinguishing the mush-
room from the poisonous toaistool" is said to
be by sprinkling salt on the under side If
it turns black, the mushroom is good. If
yellow, it is poisonous Another excellent
method is TO cook and eat some of the mush-
rooms If you don't die, they're good II
you do, You should refrain from eating them
in future.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
No Native Land to Love.

"a base migrate indeed is he,
And worthy of the keenest scorn,
Who for one moment fails to be
Proud OF the land where hewas born"
Such invectives sir, | must confess,
Can never be applied to me;
] have no land to love, TO blea,s-
For l, alas, was born at sea ="
-Harper's Bazaar.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Couldn't he Bought SO CB.eapIy.

Joneson-Tommy, l am goinl; to call on
your sister this evening; will You see to it
that the dog is tied upf Here's dime, Tom
my; go and buy some candy.
. Tommy-No, you don't. The fellow that
called last night gave me quarter for tying
Towser-Y ankee Blade.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
The Important Feature.

Omaha Citizen-You may stop my paper
Circulator-Nothing wrong with the paper,
j hope!
Omaha Citizen-Oh, no, the PAPERS first
rate, but you see I've moved my family into
house adjoining the ball park where they
can watch the game from the upstairs win
dow, so the report doesn't interest Us now.-
Omaha World
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
The State Supplies Them.

Jones-I saw Sl1n.Iins yesterday. He is
doing first rate and has new watch and
chain.
Brownie must have gotten down to
steady work
Jones-Yes, he hes He's in the pcaiten-
tiary-Cm6ha World
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
THE DENTAL STUDENTS REVENGE.
He Had to Bide His Time, but Finally
Cucceeded

Il
Succeeded.
''There, STRIP exclaimed the cruel landlady,
as she showed poor young man into the
street and handed him bundle containing
only his seiled linen "There, sir, take that,
and never dare show your fare in my highly
respected boarding house ag'in. This house
is fer decent people as pays their bills, an
you'll never git your trunk until you pay
yours. Begone!n
Passers by gazed curiously at the young
man as these words few into the ambient air,
and with his heart in his mouth, his soul
pierced with the iron Of misfortune, yet bis
pride unsubdued, he muttered:
"'TH long lane that has no turning; the
wheel Of fortune never stops, and some day
you may be in my power as l am now in
yours"
"Begonei"
This was the landlady's only response, and
it was uttered in tones that startled even the
drowsy beetles beneath the stone steps, and
the policeman at the corner. The young
man, with a powerful effort at self control,
choked down his grief and dragged his weary
limbs away
For weeks be had paced the great, bust
ling, heartless city looking for work. He had
come from a rural village, where he had been
a dentists assistant, and ne had hoped to find
place in the metropolis, where he could earn
bis living and ultimately attend a dental col
lege until he should become master of his
chosen profession.
Fortunately, his evident distress as he was
turned from the proud iandiady's door at
tracted the attention Of a business man in
e.. L I IL.
turned.
Five years are supposed to have elapsed.
The once proud landiady is still at the old
stand, but she is proud no more Her once
handsome apartments are faded and vacant;
her table seats but herself and an occasional
near sighted TRANSIENT her harder, never full,
is now empty likewise her purse, which in
the halcyon days of five years ago was always
full.
Directly opposite are tie handsome parlors
of a rising young dentist. and on the window,
In bold gilt letters, is this sign:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
More Effective.

Bjones treading the paper)-That's queer
a North Dakota clergyman caught stealing q
horse from one of his parishioners.
Bienkins Qanguidly)-Ahl Did they sus-
pend him from his pastorate9
Bjones-No, they suspended him from q
tree.-Somerville Journal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
The Keal Master.

Master Of the House tar the doorl-Maria,
is your mistress lnf
Maria Observation-Disclosures is out, sir, but
you can come IN Ii YOU wipe off your shoes
ami keep quiet, 50 not 10 disturb the cook.
She's gone UP stairs TO take nap.-Phiia-
delphis Inquirer
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Enterprise.

When times are hard and trade is duh
The merchant then who wise is
Doth not sit down TO scratch sskull
While he a scheme devises
His trusting creditors to gull
But strsightway advertises.
Then comes "a sudden boom TO trade,
And presto, change, his fortunes made!
boston Courier.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
lie ALWAYS Wins.

Papa, what do they mean when they
speak of the reverse side of q coinF
The reverse side OF CON- said the old
gentleman, without looking up from his pa
per, lis any side that you happen to name
when you are tossing up with the hotel clerk "
Merchant Traveller
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
1t Meant SoT.s ethinr Else.

Mrs, Harris docking up from a letterl-Tm
SO glad that we sent Harry to Yale. l knew
he would make his mark He says that he is
already considered one of the best scholars in
the college
Mr. Harris-Let me see that letter That
isn't Scholars" it Is ''scullers. ~ Chicago
Herald
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24

Conversation is very serious thing with
some people. One of this kind in a train was
asked very simple question by fellow pas
senger.
She made a deprecatory gesture and re.
piled: Excuse me, but l am only going &c
the next station, and it's not worth while to
begin conversation. "-Exchange
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24

"This encyclopedia recommends itself. 1t
consists of twenty-four volumes snd"-
Il don't want ii, stranger. Dye see that
ar boy in the later patcht Well, if you've
got anythin' in them ar books that he doesn't
know, Pm mighty Gurus to know what it is :"
Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Two Sides to 1t.

Two Sides to 1t.
How sweet to roam by the sad sea waves
White no cares your mind harass,
And what JOY to think as you watch the stars,
That you're paying no bill for gas,
But oh, what grief, when you travel home
And the meter your sad eyes meet
You find that the cook has been holding soirees
And has burned ten million feet
Lawrence American.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
A July Night.

Fair Luna in the heavens glowing,
Her hght on the piazza throwing
A single rocking chair,
A hand soft white hand pressing,
An arm a slender waist caressinG:,
A head with ripping hdr
Contented on a shoulder lying,
On wings of bliss the momentsl flying
OH who would not be Ghere
-Bos3 on Courier
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
A Crucial Test.

Ethel-Do you think he loves you. Nelliei
Nellie-Oh, I'm certain of it. Why, he
wants to marry me SO much that he has Dor
rowed money OF papa for us to get married
on-a thing his proud, sensitive soul could
not brook if he did not hove me-Chicago
Journal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
He Thought 1t CAPITAL.

Bright Boy-I hope they won't abolish cap
ital punishment in the schools, father.
Proud Parent-What do you mean by that,
my SOM
Bright Boy-Well, being put over among
the girls. Amt that capital punishment
Lowell Citizen
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Hard to BE Careful.

Housewife-Why, Uncle Rufe, you are
scattering your whitewash all over my fur
niture and carpet! Why can't you be more
carefuls
Uncle Rufe-Wen nissus, am keerful
but you see I'm using slack hme.-LoweD
Citizen.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
The Bliss of Ignorance.

We sometimes pause awhile to wonder how the
world about
When we are dead and in our grares will get along
without
'Tis well we do not feel the trnth for 1t would
surely fret
To know how little il will miss. how soon it will
forget us Boston Courier.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Characteristic of His Trade.

Visitor Ito pawnbroker)-I suppose you re-
ceive rather a bad class of Gu stomers in your
business.
Pawnbroker-Yes, but few of them have
Tedeeming qualities.-Omahsl World.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Carefully brought I'm.

Lawyer-Yes, l wish to hire an honest
young man TO do Office work. Were you
carefully brought upl
Apphcant-Oh, yes; came up on the ele-
vator, sir-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24

You have heard the welkin ring Well. at
the OH Exchange you can see tie bull ring.
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
.Tstheticism ". Literature.

Miss Summit at the seaside)-Have you
read the latest novel, Found Outfr
Miss Palisade-No. indeed. It's bound in
lavender, and l have no dress 10 match it
Dry Goods Reporter
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24

When sher~as Child she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Encouraging Her.

Mrs Mould wish ! could have a new
dress
Mr.. Mould tundertaller)-Well, my dear, If
there's an extra death this week you shall
have one.-Dry Goods Reporter.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
A Sure Success.

Inventor-I would like TO get you interested
in my improved fly paper
Capitalist-What makes you think it viii
be suCCeSsfuls
observation-disclosures it's gotten up in imita
ZION o. a bald head Life.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Ourselves and Cur Se,c,,bors

We note our neighhors feelings snd we sigh
And hope that hen be wiser by and by.
Our nei<bbor studies Us and ssys Ills sad
TO see how we are going to the had
--Bieton Courier.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
An Old Truth Retold.

With The floating popuis lion at the ses.
shore undressed kids are quite common -
Youkers Statesman.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Breton Marriages

When one hooks into the life Of q weidec
Breton couple the Seriousness aud the so4egu
nifty cau De accounted fer. The wife IS neve,
treated IS So equal after marriage, Daring
the courtship, which Is very short, she hss q
little Difference or tenderness shown her
but whsa soc assumes the duties Of her
household SIZE becomes mere drudge, 50 TIA;
az the marriage festival see bids goodby In
plaintive tones 10 her former 3oys, If Joys
they be, and 10 her companions, the groom,
dong the same So it Is needless TO say thst
the fixture dreary rcsad of work hangs Ike
specter about tie village peasant wsaiirSS
-l>ax E.,naA NAA><
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
More Trouble in the Choir.

4 singer who sang in the choir,
Asked the leader a rivSI To foi~
And when he refused
She 50 roundly abused
Him he forced her herself 10 retoir
Boston Courier
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Eensrtce of Youth,

Farmer-Are YOU one o tlem air fresh
bows what's been stealin' my spples9
Boy-No: but I'm one O them Fresh Air
noys what's been hookin' your punkins-
Harperis Bazaar.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
\ Consolation.

There IS a-Says room at the top the say,
And l an very glad it is so.
For I've hoSnd in inis life OF worry and strife
That its drea6fuily crowded below
Boston Courier.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Clearly Explained.

Omaha Teacher-I would like some one OF
The Class 10 define the meaning of vice versa
Bright Boy-It's sleeping with your feet
coward the 1ead Of the bed.-Omaha World
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
Better Never Late There

Better Late than never"
i Z comforting refrain,
Save when you reach the station
Too late to catch the train.
New York Herald.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24
OKLAHOMA BLANKS.


Send Settlers Guide Price rs cents
following blanks Minng-Coal
Pension Mexican all kinds OF
L.ga
r MURDOCH. Manager
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20

if twont make Freddie better"
II am glad you are going" the young
girl replied in a low voice, meant for no
ones ears except those of the child. Il
think it would do him good; it's lovely
there, with the spring flowers all in
bloom. But where is your lunch ? You
ought to have lunch after so long a
| ride"
Over the girls face came a flush.
Eyes, miss; we ought to, for Freddie 6
sake; bat, you see, we didn't have any
lunch to bring. Tim-he's our brother
he saved these pennies so as Freddie
could ride to the park and back. guess,
mebbe, Freddie II forget about being hun
CRY when he gets to the park
There were tears in the lovely girls
ewes as she listened and very soon she
asked the girl where she lived and wrote
the address down in tablet which che
took from bag on her arm.
After riding few blocks she left the
car, but che had not lett the little ones
comfortless. Half the bouquet of violets
we're clasped in the sister hand, while
the sick boy, with radiant face, held in
his hand package, from which he helped
himself now and then, saying to his SIS
ter in a lubilant whisper:
"She said we could eat 'em all, every
one, when we got to the park. What
made her 80 good and sweet to us 2
And the little girl whispered back:
cts cause she's beautiful as well as
her clothes" the gentleman heard her
whisper.
When the park was reached the FIVE
girls hurried out. The gentleman lifted
the little boy in his arms and carried him
out of the car across the road into the
park, the sister with heart full OF graf
itude followed. He paid for nice ride
for them in goat-csrrisge; he treated
them to oyster soup at the park restau-
rant.
At two o'clock sharp the next day the
two gentlemen, as agreed, met again.
This is my wife, the host said, proud
ly introducing comely lady; "and this,
young lady of fifteen entered the par
lor, sis my daughter.
"Ahl" said the guest, as he extended
his hand in cordial greeting, "this is the
dear girl whom I saw yesterday in the
street-car. 1 don't wonder you call her
darling, She is darling, and no mis-
take. God bless her.
And then he told his friend what he
had seen and heard in the horse car.
NeaO York Evangelist.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20
The Crow as a Farmer.

The crow is nobody's fool Live and
learn" is his motto and he does, especial
ly the former, in way to excite the
admiration of all disinterested observers
In the long struggle between human
ingenuity and corvine sagacity it ia doubt
full which has thus far obtained the up
per hand. Nor have l ever convinced
myself which of the contestants has the
better case. The crow is a thief, the
planter declares; he should confne
himself to wild diet, or else SOW his own
garden" Yes, yes" Oorvus replies;
"but if steal your corn, you first stole
my land" Unlike his cousin, the raven,
who along with the Indians has retreated
before the pale face, the crow Is an ultra
conservative. Civilization and modern
ideas are not in the least distasteful to
him. He has an unieigned respect for
agriculture, and, in fact, may be said to
have set up as a gentleman farmer, let
ting out his land on shares, and seldom
failing to get his half the crop and, like
the sbrewd manager that he is, he in
sures himself against drought and other
mischances by taking his moiety early
in the season. atlantic Monthly.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20
Children . GnlMmn.
Saint Not to Blame.

Mrs. Annie A. Preston, in Western Christis
Advocate
Jane Hay was this young lady's name.
Her schoolmates called her Not to Blame"
Because she always was inclined
Blame to resent of every kind.
Her teacher often saw quite clear
How false she was and lnsincere,
AS each excuse began the same:
Indeed, ma'am, l was not to blame"
Did she fail in her Latin verse,
She'd do at once what was mucn worse,
In crying with apparent shame
Indeed, nam, l was not to blame
81 had to 60 with Nell to walk"
Or, Eta would keep up her talk; y
Or, Kate was i'll, or Alice faint"
"She always makes herself a saint"
Cried Carrie Lee, much vexed one night,
When Jane had proved herself all right.
Her goody airs l can't abide;
Let's humble her false, foolish pride
ITO be of all the girls the best,
When she's no better than the rect.
She always helps along the fun
Then fbs, that she may censure shun."
Next morn, then what did poor Jane see
But of herself an effgy;
An image in a snow-wbite gown,
Its shapely head bent humbly down,
It's arms oppressed with heavy books,
Standing with half averted looks,
Where Jane had often stood of yore,
Just outside madsm's study door;
Written exercises in its hands,
And tucked beneath its belts and hands,
A legend hung above its head:
Saint Not to Blame" was what 1t said.
10 dear !" sighed Jane Just see o see
Those dreadful girls They must mean me
How dare they make Of me such gamer
Poor me when / am not to blame ?"
So glorying in this new condition,
She thought to teach her mates contrition;
But madam, in her earnest way,
Said Every one does wrong some day.
mo one however true and bright,
Does always Just exactly right.
It's better then to own with shame
I'm wrong than cry, I'm not to blame 7 I"
So after that Jane took her share
Of praise and blame, of JOY and CAFE,
And in good time she lost the name
Won by herself, "Saint Not to Blame !"