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Was fastened tight with an iron hook,
And father was down in ihc fields by the brook,
Hoeing and weeding his rows of corn,
And here was his Dolly, so scared and forlorn.
But T called him, artel called him, as loud as I could,
I knew he would hear me— he must and he should—
" O father ! O father ! (Get out, you old pig-)
O father ! oh ! oh ! ” for their months were so big.
Then I waited a minute and called him again,
u O father! O father ! I am in the pig-pen ! ”
And father did hear, and he threw down his hoe,
And scampered as last as a father could go*
The pigs had pushed me close to the wall,
And munched my basket, eggs and all,
And chewed my sun-bonnet, into a bail.
And one had rubbed his muddy nose
A ll over my apron, clean and white;
And they sniffed at me, and stepped on my toes,
But hadn't taken the smallest, bite,
When father opened the door at last,
And o h ! in his arms he held me fast.
E. W. D en iso n.

NO STOCKlNCiS TO WEAR.

A L IT T L E boy in our street, I will not tell his name,
Goes barefoot, though a rich man's son— now isn’t that, a shame?
He says he hasn't got a single stocking left to wear,
And, yet, last week his mamma bought him half a dozen pair.
And the silk ones grandma sent him for his best— that makes two
m ore;
And there were five or six, at least, that he had long before,
Then why does he go barefoot ?■— you'll laugh, I know you will—-
He has hung up all his stocking.? for Santa Claus to fill.