course, and shaken hands with the
bretherin-ah, I went out to take a last look at the church-ah, and
the broken steps-ah, the flopping blinds-ah, and the moss-covered
roof-ah, suggested fare-ye-well Brother Watkins-ah.

I mounted my old grey mare with all my earthly possessions in my
saddle-bags, and as I passed down the street the servant girls stood
in the doors-ah and waved their brooms with a fare-ye-well Brother
Watkins-ah.

As I passed out of the village, I thought I could hear the wind-ah
moaning through the waving branches of the trees, fare-ye-well
Brother Watkins-ah.

I came on to the creek, and as the old mare stopped to drink I
thought I could hear the water rippling over the pebbles,
fare-ye-well Brother Watkins-ah. Even the little fishes-ah, as their
bright fins glistened in the sunlight-ah, gathered round to say as
best they could, fare-ye-well Brother Watkins-ah.

I was slowly passing up the hill meditating-ah on the sad
vicissitudes of life-ah, when out bounded a big hog from the fence
corner-ah with an a-boo a-boo and I came to the ground-ah, with my
saddle bags-ah by my side-ah, and as the old mare ran up the hill-ah,
she waved her tail back at me-ah seemingly to say-ah, fare-ye-well
Brother Watkins-ah.

LOGIC.

ANONYMOUS.

I. HER RESPECTABLE PAPA'S.

"My dear, be sensible! Upon my word,
This--for a woman even--is absurd.
His income's not a hundred pounds, I know.
He's not worth loving."--"But I love him so."

II. HER MOTHER'S.

"You silly child, he is well made and tall;
But looks are far from being all in all.
His social standing's low, his family's low.
He's not worth loving."--"And I love him so."

III. HER ETERNAL FRIEND'S.

"Is that he picking up the fallen fan?
My dear! he's such an awkward, ugly man!
You must be certain, pet, to answer 'No.'
He's not worth loving."--" And I love him so."

IV. HER BROTHER'S.

"By jove! were I a girl--through horrid hap--
I wouldn't have a milk-and-water chap.
The man has not a single spark of 'go.'
He's not worth loving."--" Yet I love him so."

V. HER OWN.

"And were he everything to which I've listened,
Though he were ugly, awkward (and he isn't),
Poor, lowly-born, and destitute of 'go,'
He _is_ worth loving, for I love him so."

THE PRIDE OF BATTERY