H' April 16. E was a young Muhammadan who was suffering acutely from education of the English variety and knew it. His father had sent him to a Mission-school to get wisdom, and Wali Dad had absorbed more than ever his father or the Missionaries intended he should. When his father died, Wali Dad was independent, and spent two years experimenting with the creeds of the Earth and reading books that are of no use to anybody. On the City Wall. April 17. WHEN HEN the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold, Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould; And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's prettybut is it art?" Wherefore he called to his wife, and fled to fashion his work The first of his race who cared a fig for the first most dread review ; And he left his lore to the use of his sons — glorious gain - and that was a When the Devil chuckled, "Is it art?" in the ear of the branded Cain. The Conundrum of the Workshops. April 18. [IT a man an' help a woman, an' ye can't be far "HIT wrong anyway." Maxims of Private Mulvaney. April 19. ◄HEY builded a tower to shiver the sky and wrench THEY the stars apart, Till the Devil grunted behind the bricks: "It's striking, but is it art? " The stone was dropped by the quarry-side, and the idle derrick swung, While each man talked of the aims of art, and each in an They fought and they talked in the north and the south, they talked and they fought in the west, Till the waters rose on the jabbering land, and the poor Red Clay had rest Had rest till the dank black-canvas dawn when the dove was preened to start, And the Devil bubbled below the keel: "It's human, but is it art?" "THE The Conundrum of the Workshops. April 20. HEER'S one o't Ten Commandments says yo maun't cuvvet your neebor's ox nor his jackass, but it does n't say nowt about his tarrier dogs.” Private Learoyd's Story. April 21. "THE wan av HE Colonel av the rig'mint had a daughter thim lamblike, bleatin', pick-me-up-an carry-meor-I'll-die gurls, such as was made for the natural prey av men like the Capt'n, who was iverlastin' payin' coort to her." The God from the Machine. April 22. HAT is the moral ? Who runs may read. WHAT When the night is thick and the tracks are blind, A friend at a pinch is a friend indeed; But a fool to wait for the laggard behind : Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne He travels the fastest who travels alone. L'Envoi to The Story of the Gadsbys. April 23. YAH! They was great times. I'm ould now; me hide's wore off in patches; sinthrygo has disconceited me, an' I'm a married man tu. But I've had my day — I've had my day, an' nothin' can take away the taste av that! Oh, my time past, whin I put me fut through ivry livin' wan av the Tin Commandmints between Revelly and Lights Out, blew the froth off a pewter, wiped me moustache wid the back av me hand, an' slept on ut all as quiet as a little child! But ut's over ut 's over, an' 't will niver come back to me; not though I prayed for a week av Sun days." The Solid Muldoon. "T April 24. IS onwholesim', 't is dangerous, an' 't is ivrything else that's bad, but while ut lasts! M O my sowl, 't is swate April 25. The Solid Muldoon. RS. H. I'll be more merciful than you were. Don't you know that all women are alike? CAPT. G. proves the rule. (Aside.) Then this is the exception that MRS. H. All of them! I'll tell you anything you like. I will, upon my word! They only want the admiration from anybody—no matter who- anybody! But there is always one man that they care for more than any one else in the world, and would sacrifice all the others to. Oh, do listen! The Tents of Kedar. A April 26. FOOL there was and he made his To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair prayer (We called her the woman who did not care), (Even as you and I !). Oh, the years we waste and the tears we waste, And the work of our head and hand, Belong to the woman who did not know (And now we know that she never could know) The Vampire. April 27. ́T takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight. Lispeth. April 28. OP PEN the old cigar-box-let me consider a while- there is a wifely smile. Which is the better portion-bondage bought with a ring, Or a harem of dusky beauties fifty tied in a string? April 29. The Betrothed. "WELL, ELL, and how does success taste?" said Torpenhow, some three months later. He had just returned to chambers after a holiday in the country. The “Good,” said Dick, as he sat licking his lips before the easel in the studio. "I want more, heaps more. lean years have passed, and I approve of these fat ones.' "Be careful, old man. That way lies bad work." The Light that Failed. April 30. "Es "TH If HE first proof a man gives of his interest in a woman is by talking to her about his own sweet self. the woman listens without yawning, he begins to like her. If she flatters the animal's vanity, he ends by adoring her.” The Education of Otis Yeere. |