StNicholas [serial] . f,$)VK {A Nonsensical Ballad) BY CHARLES F. LESTER The Countess Concertina, whose other name was Smith(Which I regret, because there s nothing much to rhyme it with),While sitting on a bank one day, and eating angel cake,Fell first into a reverie, and then into a lake. Perhaps right here I ought to say (it s nothing to conceal)That the Countess was the sweetheart of Sir August was very brave and very tall and handsome, too, you know,And had blue eyes,—but ah! he also had a Secret Foe ! ik/tefc fx \ ^-\. ThisWhoAndOf a ??•:??: foe, he was a wizard (and a clum

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StNicholas [serial] . f,$)VK {A Nonsensical Ballad) BY CHARLES F. LESTER The Countess Concertina, whose other name was Smith(Which I regret, because there s nothing much to rhyme it with),While sitting on a bank one day, and eating angel cake,Fell first into a reverie, and then into a lake. Perhaps right here I ought to say (it s nothing to conceal)That the Countess was the sweetheart of Sir August was very brave and very tall and handsome, too, you know,And had blue eyes,—but ah! he also had a Secret Foe ! ik/tefc fx \ ^-\. ThisWhoAndOf a ??•:??: foe, he was a wizard (and a clumsy one as well)had secretly been seeking for a spell for quite a spell;he did his wizzing mostly in the solitude and gloommusty, dusty, gusty, chill, rheumatic attic room. Wm**m^m few

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