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 A youth who played the fl
 And TUBas had watched t
 S' Never since then had she \
 Never since then-bright
 S." When TUBBs was very slin
 And used to have such 1
 -' And would such bright be'
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 --- 'Which she admitted always
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 THE SWELL OF THE SEA.



 A TALE OF A TUBBS.

 S:AYS MRs. Tunns to MR. TrnBs,
 S"You're always at your nasty clubs,
 S*S) And if your wife complains, the snubs
 She gets are shameful, and the rubs
 About the house, although she scrubs
 And cleans until as black as grubs
 I Are both her hands, you. worst of
 S 'hubs.'!"
 Then Mas. TiLns turns round and
 blubs.
 Says MR. T. to Mis. T.,
 -~ "This cannot any longer be,
 The way in which we disagree
 Is something frightful for to see.
 S' My life is one of miserie:
 Because I choose to join a glee-
 i. OClub, am I to have a flea
 .\ Popped in my car each morn, hang me!
 'Tis rather too good. He! he! he!"
 T And IMR. TUBBS laughed wildly in his
 rage,
And "took," as the tragedians say, "the stage:"
[ don't mean the stage-coach, but simply that
Toe walked straight to a chair on which he sat,
And fixing his huge boots on the bright fender,
(Always offensive to tho female gender),
Glared at his wife in such a dreadful manner,
That had not, as she termed it, the plannerr"
eeon providentially within her reach,
And on to which she held like any leech,
"She must have fell," those were the lady's words,
"For Tubbs's eye turned all her blood to curds."
Se'd never seen that look since days gone by,
When once a party at, at I'eckham' ye,


Or some entrancing more
When TUBBS addressed he
He knew a little French,
And once had stopped at
Two, where he had had a
As they are apt to term th
With a mustacho'ed little
Whom he obliged most hbu
He'd mean't no insolence,
Yes, since those days his c
Had seen wear that 'ere g


 [OCTOBER 5, 1861.


 her to supper,
 ute and quoted TUPPER,
 hem from a distant chair,
 beheld that glare.
 days devoid of care,
 a and debonnair,
 lovely curly hair,"
 witching waistcoats wear
 one-and-ten the pair,
 s used to tear
 n fact everywhere;
 d bring round his mare
 o take the air,
 ed at home with "BLAIR;"
 of" Rich and Rare,"
 'name was ADAIR,-
 aux from AuBER;
 r softly as Ma3 chre,-
 you are aware,
 Boulogne for a day'on.
 slight "affaire,"
 em over there,
 militaire,
 mbly to declare
 toute au contrair'e.-
 ountenance she ne'er
lare, she could declare.


 And so when Tunes went out and slammed the door,
 As never he'd been known to do before,
 (It shook the row of houses, and did make
 Pineapple Grove to quiver like a snake),
 Poor MRS. TUBBS exclaimed in deep contrition,
 "Good gracious! I've a horrible suspicion!
 I don't think-yes, I don't think he'll come back."
 And MRS. TUBES proceeded to attack
 The cook, who, being of a wrathful turn,
 Revenged herself by letting the beef burn.
 And Mas. TUBBS was right, for TUBns did not
 Return, but by the morning's post she got
 These lines. "DEAR JANE,
 It is with pain
 That I'm obliged to say,
 I have my mind
 Made up, and find
 It best to stop away.
 Our tempers are
 Extremely far
 From the congeni-al.
 And I for one
 Don't see the fun
 Of all this shilly shal-
 lying, and so
 I'd better go,
 'Twould be absurd to stay,-
 My way I wend
 To-wards Ostend
 I'm off at two to-day.
 The furniture,
 My dear JANE, you're
 At liberty to sell,
 And of my clothes
 You may dispose;-
 Farewell, a long farewell."
 Reader, the lady did'nt faint,
 Restraint
 She put upon her feelings,
 Squealings
 Hysterical, or sentiments absurd,
 Wern't heard.
 She proved herself to the occasion equal
 As will be seen, I fancy, in the sequel.

Two years had past, the sun was shining
 Brightly in the autumn sky,
And MR. Tunns had been out dining
 With a friend, when there passed by,
Underneath the large bow window,
 Such a splendid female form.
As he watched that form TUBBS grinned, oh !
Such a grin, and said by storm


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