She sat herself down to cry, And Captain MacBride, who sat by her side, The morning dawn'd-and the next-and the next, Her thoughts having taken a sombreish train, That if poor dear Sir Thomas should really be dead, A lady slim and tall, To set himself down in comfort there The Lord of Tappington Hall. Thinks he, "We have sent half over Kent, And nobody knows how much money's been spent, A GENTLEMAN; middle-aged, sober and staid; And a hat rather low-crown'd, and broad in the brim. (Right side uppermost) home, or shall give notice where Had he been above ground he must have been found. Then his widow-aye! aye!—But what will folks say! Well-what then? who cares!-let 'em say what they may- When a man has decided, as Captain MacBride did, With a thousand more compliments equally true, And expressed in similitudes equally new! Then his left arm he placed round her jimp, taper waist— Ere she fixed to repulse, or return his embrace, Up came running a man at a terrible pace, With that very peculiar expression of face Which always betokens dismay or disaster, Crying out 'twas the gardener-"Oh, ma'am! we've found master!" "Where? Where?" screamed the lady; and echo screamed "where?" The man couldn't say There!" He had no breath to spare. By pointing-he pointed, alas! TO THE POND. 'Twas e'en so-poor dear knight-with his specs and his hat He'd gone poking his nose into this and to that; When, close to the side of the bank, he espied An uncommon fine tadpole, remarkably fat! He stoop'd; and he thought her his own; he had caught her! The Lady Jane was tall and slim, The Lady Jane was fair; Alas for Sir Thomas !-she grieved for him, As she saw two serving-men, sturdy of limb, His body between them bear. She sobb'd and she sigh'd; she lamented and cried, For of sorrow brimful was her cup; She swoon'd, and I think she'd have fall'n down and died, With the gardener; they both their assistance applied, But when she "came to," oh! 'tis shocking to view Sir Thomas's body it look'd so odd-he Was half eaten up by the eels! His waistcoat and hose, and the rest of his clothes And out of each shoe an eel they drew, And from each of his pockets they pull'd out two! For, when he came running to give the alarm, Good Father John was summon'd anon; All day for the quiet repose of the dead, And all night no one thought about going to bed. But Lady Jane was tall and slim And Lady Jane was fair, And ere morning came that winsome dame Had made up her mind-or, what's much the same, 1 And she said with a pensive air, To Thompson, the valet, while taking away, When supper was over, the cloth and the tray"Eels a many I've ate; but any So good ne'er tasted before! They're a fish, too, of which I'm remarkably fond- Poor dear!-HE'LL CATCH US SOME MORE!" THE NANTUCKET SKIPPER. Many a long, long year ago, Nantucket skippers had a plan of finding out, though "lying low,” How near New York their schooners ran. They greased the lead before it fell, And then by sounding, through the night, This ancient skipper might be found; He slept for skippers' naps are sound. One night, 'twas Jotham Marden's watch, We're all a set of stupid fools, To think the skipper knows by tasting, What grounds he's on; Nantucket schools J. T. FIELDS. Don't teach such stuff, with all their basting!" And so he took the well-greased lead, And rubbed it o'er a box of earth That stood on deck-a parsnip-bed, And then he sought the skipper's berth. "Where are we now, sir? Please to taste." The skipper yawned, put out his tongue, And opened his eyes in wondrous haste, The skipper stormed and tore his hair, Right over old Marm Hackett's garden!" DOT BABY OFF MINE. CHAS. F. ADAMS. Mine cracious! Mine cracious! shust look here and see I dells you dot baby vos voǹ off der poys, He shust has pecun to shbeak goot English, too, Says "mama," and "bapa," and somedimes "ah-goo!" You don't find a baby den dimes out off nine Dot vos quite so schmart as dot baby off mine. He grawls der vloor ofer, und drows dings aboudt, Und poots efryding he can find in his mout; He dumbles der shtairs down, und falls vrom his chair, |