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And the train resumes its journey far,
He toes have been, and tic rocs are—
Of battle and State, of travel and skill.
O f letters and art— hut give us “ Bill.”

At the end of the road they gave him a purse.
*T don’t want that 111 a Fid he muttered a curse ;
Rut finally took it, and stowed it away,
And then threw it to “ M ag:! as lie passed next day.
It whirled through the air and struck by the stoop,
Where the three stood to greet him, a joyful group.
B e t t e r s w o r t h .

T H E ACTOR’S STORY.

M INK is a wild, strange story— the strangest you ever heard;
There are many who won't believe it, but it’s gospel every
word;
It's die biggest drama of any in a Jong, adventurous life;
The scene was a ship, and the actors-— were myself and my new-wed
wife.

You mustn’t tnind if T ramble, and lose the thread now and then ;
I'm old. you know, and I wander—-iVs a way with old women and
men,
For their live* lie all behind them, and their thoughts go far away.
And arc tempted af.dd, like children lost on a summer day.

The years must be five-and-twenLy that have passed since that awful

nigh!-.
But I see it again this evening, T can never shut out the sight.
We were only a few weeks married, 1 and the wife, you know,
When we had an offer for Melbourne, and made up our m ill* to go.

We'd acted together in England, travelling up and down
With a strolling band of players, going from town to town;