. St. Nicholas [serial] . and got as wet, and therefore ought tohave a share of the money. Oh, theres no doubt, said Mrs. Rafferty, in agently sarcastic tone, but your boy has taken in agreat deal of cold water. He shall have the tem-perance medal. The other women promptly took up the question,some on Mrs. Finnertys side and some on , and so, all talking at once, they passedout of sight. (To be continued.) YOUNG MARCH M. F. Butts. A JOLLY fellow is young March Wind, With all his bluster and noise;Though he has no thought for the old and poor, He s a thorough friend of the
. St. Nicholas [serial] . and got as wet, and therefore ought tohave a share of the money. Oh, theres no doubt, said Mrs. Rafferty, in agently sarcastic tone, but your boy has taken in agreat deal of cold water. He shall have the tem-perance medal. The other women promptly took up the question,some on Mrs. Finnertys side and some on , and so, all talking at once, they passedout of sight. (To be continued.) YOUNG MARCH M. F. Butts. A JOLLY fellow is young March Wind, With all his bluster and noise;Though he has no thought for the old and poor, He s a thorough friend of the joins their play with right good will— Aha, do you see him go,With a hi, hi, hi! far up in the sky, While the boys stand tugging below? Oh, a noisy fellow is young March Wind, And almost any dayYou may see him up in the highest trees, Blowing his trumpet for ! oho! now high, now low, He blows with all his might:Oh, dear Mr. Wind, would1 you be so kind As to go to sleep at night? THE STORY OF A PEG. 389. CONSISTENCY. By Margaret Vandegrift. There once was a stately Giraffe,Whose motto was Nothing by half!His old friend, the Tapir,Said, Cut me a caper,—It s a year since I ve had a good laugh ! So, to please him, the gracious GiraffeJumped over a cow and her calf; But when the old Tapir Told folks of this caper,They said : That s just some of your chaff. He s a dignified chap, that Giraffe,And we know he does nothing by half;We can understand howHe might jump oer a cow,But he d never jump over a calf! THE STORY OF A PEG. By Paul Fort. In a small town, not far from the river Rhine,there was a large dam, built, in great part, ofheavy timbers, which shut in the waters of a streamthat ran into the river a few miles below. Quite alarge body of water was thus held back by the dam,while below it the stream was narrow and the dam was a sluice-gate, which could be raisedby a lever, and by which the water could be let off,whenever it was necessary. It was not
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