WHY

Do you know why the rabbits are caught in the snare
Or the tabby cat's shot on the tiles?

Why the tigers and lions creep out of their lair?
Why an ostrich will travel for miles?

Do you know why a sane man will whimper and cry
And weep o'er a ribbon or glove?

Why a cook will put sugar for salt in a pie?
Do you know? Well, I'll tell you-it's Love.

A SOLILOQUY

H. P. STEVENS.

To sniggle or to dibble, that's the question!
Whether to bait a hook with worm or bumble,
Or to take up arms of any sea, some trouble
To fish, and then home send 'em. To fly to whip-
To moor and tie my boat up by the end
To any wooden post or natural rock
We may be near to, on a Preservation
Devoutly to be fished. To fly to whip-

To whip! Perchance to bream;-and there's the chub!
F. C. BURMAND.