Part 26 (2/2)

Alas! and for that pale student: The evening bell did ring, And down the walk the Freshmen went Unto the prayer-meeting;

Upon the fence loud rose the song, The weak, weak tea was o'er-- Ha! who is he that sneaks along Into South Middle's door?

The mud was on his shoon, and O!

The briar was in his thumb, His staff was in his hand but no-- No Cypripedium.

_Henry A. Beers_.

_COLLUSION BETWEEN A ALEGAITER AND A WATER-SNAIK_

There is a niland on a river lying, Which runs into Gautimaly, a warm country, Lying near the Tropicks, covered with sand; Hear and their a symptum of a Wilow, Hanging of its umberagious limbs & branches Over the clear streme meandering far below.

This was the home of the now silent Alegaiter, When not in his other element confine'd: Here he wood set upon his eggs asleep With 1 ey observant of flis and other pa.s.sing Objects: a while it kept a going on so: Fereles of danger was the happy Alegaiter!

But a las! in a nevil our he was fourced to Wake! that dreme of Blis was two sweet for him.

1 morning the sun arose with unusool splender Whitch allso did our Alegaiter, coming from the water, His scails a flinging of the rais of the son back, To the fountain-head which tha originly sprung from, But having not had nothing to eat for some time, he Was slepy and gap'd, in a short time, widely.

Unfoalding soon a welth of perl-white teth, The rais of the son soon shet his sinister ey Because of their mutool splendor and warmth.

The evil Our (which I sed) was now come; Evidently a good chans for a water-snaik Of the large specie, which soon appeared Into the horison, near the bank where reposed Calmly in slepe the Alegaiter before spoken of.

About 60 feet was his Length (not the 'gaiter) And he was aperiently a well-proportioned snaik.

When he was all ash.o.r.e he glared upon The iland with approval, but was soon ”Astonished with the view and lost to wonder” (from Wats) (For jest then he began to see the Alegaiter) Being a nateral enemy of his'n, he worked hisself Into a fury, also a ni position.

Before the Alegaiter well could ope His eye (in other words perceive his danger) The Snaik had enveloped his body just 19 Times with ”foalds voluminous and vast” (from Milton) And had tore off several scails in the confusion, Besides squeazing him awfully into his stomoc.

Just then, by a fortinate turn in his affairs, He ceazed into his mouth the careless tale Of the unreflecting water-snaik! Grown desperate He, finding that his tale was fast squesed Terrible while they roaled all over the iland.

It was a well-conduckted Affair; no noise Disturbed the harmony of the seen, ecsept Onct when a Willow was snaped into by the roaling.

Eeach of the combatence hadn't a minit for holering.

So the conflick was naterally tremenjous!

But soon by grate force the tail was bit complete- Ly of; but the eggzeration was too much For his delicate Const.i.tootion; he felt a compression Onto his chest and generally over his body; When he ecspressed his breathing, it was with Grate difficulty that he felt inspired again onct more.

Of course this state must suffer a revolootion.

So the alegaiter give but one yel, and egspired.

The water-snaik realed hisself off, & survay'd For say 10 minits, the condition of His fo: then wondering what made his tail hurt, He slowly went off for to cool.

_J. W. Morris_.

_ODD TO A KROKIS_

Selestial apoley which Didest inspire.

the souls of burns and pop with sackred fir.

Kast thy Mantil over me When i shal sing, the praiz Of A sweat flower who grows in spring Which has of late kome under the Fokis.

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