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And, without arms, he could not take
A wife upon his hands.

For keeping books he had a taste,
Yet had to shun'1 the pen;
Rut: if a pension could be had,
He would get married then.

The pension came,2 the wedding, too,
His fort Lines to retrieve ;
“ Please join your hands/’ i:he parson said,
But Peter joined his sleeve.

Now Peter's jo y 15 is quite complete,
And peaceful is his life;
While marriage was a happy stroke,
He never strikes his wife,
1 1 EM R V D A VUN FORT,

BABY IN CHURCH.
A UNT NFT T I E has finished a dainty thing
Of Hamburg and ribbon anrl lace,
And Mamma has said, as she settled it ’round
Our beautiful baby's face,
Where the dimples play and the laughter lies
Like sunbeams hid in her violet eyes:
f'I f the day is pleasant and Baby is good.
She may go to chui'di and wear her new hood.”

Then Ben, aged six, began to tell.
In elder-brotlierly way,
Ilow very, very good she must be
Jf she went: to church next day.
He to’d of the church, the choir, and the crowd,
And the mail up in front who talked ;;c loud ;