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I ’d go right in the parlor,
No matter who was there j
I'd have a span of horses,
And keep a dancing hear ]

But, then, I ain’t a grown-up,
I'm a hoy that has to mind,
With a little blue-checked apron.
And my trousers thin behind;
And the women comc and kiss me,
And call me “ little dear
fVnd I shan’t be a grown-up
In many a long year,
M r s, M . F , B u t t s*

GOING AFTER THE COWS.

^ T 'E N N IE ! ” mother cries, "Jen-itie i
J Why, where in the world can Jennie be?
J She went for the cows an hour ago.
What ails the girl tiiat she lingers so?u

The sun goes down in the crimson west,
The tired day prepares for rest,
And the laggard moments slowly pass,
But bring no news of the truant lass.

" What ails the girl? " The sober cows,
Stopping along the fields to browse,
May look in vain from side to side,
And wait the voice of their pretty guide.

For far behind, by the pasture gate,
Jennie— and Jamie— forget ’tis late,
Forget the cows, and the milking hour,
And everything else, save love's sweet power.