. St. Nicholas [serial] . tle woman that you could chance tosee;With a fan and parasol,And a wonderful lace shawl,And plumes and flowers and flounces, and otherfinery. Sometimes she makes a longer, sometimes a shorter stay, But the little man must know And watch for her to go,For he comes, with his umbrella, as soon as she s away. Now, this pair of Lilliputians have better wit than mine; For they both know very well (T is a wonder how they tell !)Just when the storms are coming, and when the sun will shine. When the little mans door opens, the skies are overcast. Stormy all the days remain Til
. St. Nicholas [serial] . tle woman that you could chance tosee;With a fan and parasol,And a wonderful lace shawl,And plumes and flowers and flounces, and otherfinery. Sometimes she makes a longer, sometimes a shorter stay, But the little man must know And watch for her to go,For he comes, with his umbrella, as soon as she s away. Now, this pair of Lilliputians have better wit than mine; For they both know very well (T is a wonder how they tell !)Just when the storms are coming, and when the sun will shine. When the little mans door opens, the skies are overcast. Stormy all the days remain Till the man goes in again,And I see the little woman, and storms are overpast. So I, who watch them, know full well if skies will shine, or lower, For the little man will go Ere a ray of sun can show;And the little woman never was caught in any shower. Both the weather-wise small people, however odd they be, Have grown good friends of mine; And, if days be dull or fine,Still the man, or else the woman, will keep me 436 FOXY CONFUCIUS. [April, FOXY W. H. Davenport. This is the story of a little yellow dog. Hislook was intelligence itself. I give his he was not all yellow,—or he might have beena mean dog. And he was not mean. His nose, meant to sniff around in the dirt, wasblack, as was fitting, and Nature had completed theharmonious coloring of his exterior by dipping theextreme end of his bushy tail in her ink-pot. Foxy selected me to be his master. He liked me
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