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Up came running a man at a deuce of a pace,
With that very pecul&r expression of face
Which always betokens dismay or disaster,
Crying out— ’twas the gard'ner— “ Oh, ma'am we’ve found
matter ! ! "
“ Where? w here?" screamed the lady; and echo screamed,
“ Where ? ”
The man couldn't say ” there [ "
He had no breath lo spare,
But gasping for breath he could only respond
By pointing-—-he pointed, alas!— to the fond.
JTwas c'cn so; poor dear Knight, with his “ specs” and his hat,
He’d gone poking his not a into this and to that;
When close to the side of the bank, he espied
An uncommon fine tadpole, remarkably fa t!
He stooped ;— and ho thought her
His own ;— he llad caught her!
Got hold of her tail— and to land almost brought her,
When— he plumped head and heels into fifteen Rict water 1

The I^ady Jane was tall and slim,
The Lady Jane was fair,
Alas ! for Sir Thomas !— she grieved for him,
A s she saw two serving men sturdy of iimb,
His body between them bear :
She sobbed and she sighed, she lamented and cried,
For of sorrow brimful was her cup ;
She swooned, and T think she'd have fatlkn down and died,
Jf Captain MacBride
Hadn’t been by her side
With the gardener ;—-they both their .assistance supplied,
And managed to hold her up.
Rut when she <L comes to/’
Oh ! 'tis shocking to view