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Broke down und cried, " My baby's chair 1 My poor, dead baby's
chair!"

“ Here, madam, take your baby's chair," said Lhe softened auctioneer,
“ I know its value all too well ; my baby died last year;
And if the owner of the chair, our friend, the mortgagee,
Objects to this proceeding, let him send the bill to m e!”

Gone was the tone of raillery; the humorist auctioneer
Turned shame-laced from bis audience to brush aside a tear,
The laughing crowd was awed and still, no tearless eye was there
When the weeping woman reached and took her little baby’s chair.
_____ S. W. Foss.

RHYMES FOR HARD TIMES.
[The mi tubers refer to tlie cuts in Part L]
C O U RAG E, brother!" do not stumble,
Though thy path be dark as night,
There's a star to guide the humble;
“ Trust in God,16 and do the right"

Though the road be long and dreary,
And the end be out of sight, 9
Foot it bravely, strong or weary,
“ Trust in God,]B and do the right,"

Perish policy4and cunning;
Perish all * that fears the light,
Whether losing, whether winning,
*' Trust in God,ls and do the right”
Shun 1Eall forms of guilty passion,
Fiends can look like angels bright.
Heed tio custom,® school or fashion,
“ Trust in God,,aand do the right."
N orman M cL eod,