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curtain railed up for the last time, and tin: manger related the incident
of the previous night, and announced that Parepa Rosa's farewell
would be the ballad warbled many a bitter day through the city streets
by little Elfin, the Italian musician.
Loud and prolonged was the applause, and at Lhe first pause, sweep­
ing in with regal grace with the white lily oil her breast came our
queen of song. Queen too, by right of her beautiful, unstained
womanhood, she stood a moment, and then sang clearly and softly the
ballad with the refrain. “ Farewell, sweet land." Accompanying her
came the low, tender wail of little Elfin’s violin. There was silence
in that great house at the close. Then a shout went up that shook
the very pilli-rs.
Parepa Rosa, God called thee in thy perfect womanhood, but thy
voice lives in our hearts, and at the last great day it shall be written in
shining letters on thy natnc, “ Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the
least of these, ye have done it unto me.'"— M a r y L , W r i g i i t .

JACK.
E wasn't a good-lookin’ feller—
H The hair on his tough, old hide

Was a sort o’ dirty yellcr,
1-1 e limped, too— being lame on one side.
But a better sorl, in his days, sirs—
More steady, and sure, and straight—
You wouldn’t ha’ found in a hundred curs
(That's to say, of Jack’s size and weight),
And many and many a penny
He’s brought to his master's til! ;
Mac wouldn’t ha' swapped him for any,
But the dog grew old and ill,

lie war n’t no use for the fold no more,
A ir he warn't no good in the ring