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hour. I was forced to laugh at the joke, though out of the wrong side of my mouth, which gave my face something the look of a grid

iron.

The battle now began in the regular way. "Ah, Sally, give me a kiss and have done with it."-" No I won't, so there, nor tech to."—" I'll take it whether or no.". "Do it, if you dare." And at it we went, rough and tumble. An odd destruction of starch now commenced. The bow of my cravat was squat up in half a shake. At the next bout, smash went shirt collar, and, at the same time, some of the head fastenings gave way, and down came Sally's hair in a flood like a milldam broke loose, carrying away half a dozen combs. One dig of Sally's elbow, and my blooming ruffles wilted down into a dishcloth. But she had no time to boast. Soon her neck tackling began to shiver; it parted at the throat, and whorah, came a whole school of blue and white beads scampering and running races every which way about the floor.

By the hokey, if Sally Jones isn't real grit, there's no snakes. She fought fair, however, I must own, and neither tried to bite or scratch; and when she could fight no longer, for want of breath, she yielded handsomely.

The upshot of the matter is, I fell in love with Sally Jones, head over ears. Every Sunday night, rain or shine, finds me rapping at Squire Jones's door, and twenty times have I been within a hair's breadth of popping the question. But now I have made a final resolve; and if I live till next Sunday night, and I don't get choked in the trial, Sally Jones will hear thunder!

DECEMBER TWILIGHT.

ALONE-I am alone, Ellen, this weary wintry even,
Lorn, as the solitary star, bewildered in the heaven:

All nature's thickly shrouded in a winding-sheet of snow,

And the embers on my cheerless hearth, like hope, are wearing low.

There's sorrow in my soul, Ellen; and if I do not weep,
It is because the burning brand hath enter'd far too deep;
And if I do not murmur at fate's severe decree,

It is that my own hand hath helped to mould my destiny.

Beloved of my life's morning! beyond blue ocean's foam
My thoughts fly to thy native isle, and well-remember'd home;
They hover o'er thy lattice, like bees o'er honey flowers,

To wile her forth again, who there hath watch'd for me long hours.

But Fancy-the unkind one !-cares nothing for my will-
I bid her bring me joy, and she returns with sadness still:
For thy summer look of gladness, in maiden mildness worn,
She gives the melancholy smile of one long used to mourn.

And when I'd fain be near thee, where oft in bliss we met,
She leads me where I press'd thy cheek with tears of parting wet.
The world that is around me, or that which is within,
Contains no gem of happiness for such as I to win.

I know it, and I feel it now,-O! would that I had known
And felt it thus, before I call'd thy loving heart my own!
What were all that I have borne, or yet may bear, to me,

Had the storm that smote me in its wrath, left thy young blossom free ?

I dreamt I'd come again, Ellen, with riches, power, and fame-
But two of these I've ceased to seek, and the last is but a name ;
A name bestow'd at random by the ignorant and loud,
And seldom rightly won or worn, till its owner's in his shroud.

In the country of the stranger my lasting lot is cast,
And the features of the future are as gloomy as the past;-

To-morrow, and to-morrow, the gaudy sun may shine

He'll sooner warm the marble cold, than this heavy heart of mine.

To-morrow, and to-morrow, the breeze across the sea
To thy land's shores may waft the ship-it bloweth not for me.
The lonely bird at eventide in thy bower may sing his fill-
My foot shall never break again the quiet of his hill!

THE END.

WILLIAM KENNEDY.

GLASGOW:

GEORGE BROOK MAN, PRINTER, VILLAFIEI D.

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