"Johnnie says, it would be much the easier to do, only he is doubtful about the 'choker.'" THE SCHOOLBOY TO HIS DRESS SUIT.
Nice is broiled salmon, whitebait's also nice With bread and butter served, no shaving thinner.
_Entrees_ are good; but what is even ice-- Cream ice--to him that's made to dress for dinner?
Oh my dress boots, my studs, and my white tie Termed choker (emblem of this heart's pure aim), Why are good things to eat your meed?
Oh why Must swallow-tails be donned for tasting game?
The deep heart questions vainly,--not for ease Or joy were such invented;--but this know, I'd rather dine off hunks of bread and cheese Than feast in state rigged out in my dress clo'.
G.C.
Emily, after duly admiring these verses, gave her invitation, and it was accepted with delight.

Nothing, they said, could be more convenient.
Father had told them how Mr.Brandon was having the long wing of the house pulled down, the part where cousin Val's room used to be; so he had been obliged to turn out his nests, and his magic lantern, and many other things that he had when he was a little boy.
"And he says we shall inherit them." "And when father saw him sitting on a heap of bricks among his things, he says it put him in mind of Marius on the ruins of Carthage." "So now we can fetch them all away." Emily then departed, after stipulating that the two little ones, her favourites, should come also.

"Darlings!" she exclaimed, when she saw their stout little legs so actively running to ask Miss Christie's leave.

"Will my boy ever look at me with such clear earnest eyes?
Shall I ever see such a lovely flush on his face, or hear such joyous laughter from him ?" Time was to answer this question for her, and a very momentous month for the whole family began its course.

Laura, writing from Paris to Liz, made it evident to those who knew anything of the matter, that Mrs.
Melcombe, as she thought, had carried her out of harm's way; and it is a good thing Laura did not know with what perfect composure and ambitious hope Joseph made his preparations for the voyage.