Such fun as Robbie had that winter! His father made him a neat little
sleigh, which would hold three or four, and after school Robbie would make up
a sleigh-load of school-girls, and with the boys in tow on their sleds behind, they
would have fine rides up and down the neighboring hills. Punch and Judy
seemed to enjoy it as muchas the boys and girls, and Punch especially seemed
to think he couldn’t get down the hills half fast enough, and so would go
prancing along, plowing the snow with his horns, and kicking his feet straight
out behind him, to the great danger of the dash-board.

Robbie ever thereafter wrote his own compositions, and soon excelled in
that branch. Ido not think he even thought of asking help; if he did, he
thought of Punch and Judy, too, and immediately repented.

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£ 'M ’vited to the wedding, |
| And have to make a dress;
I want a lot of ’lusion,
A hundred yards I guess—
I think [H make it “princess,”
I couldn’t wear it plain;
It’s very fashionable
To have a plaited train.

It’s Rosa Burdock’s wedding,
To-morrow, just at three,

In Mamie Turnbull’s garden
Under the apple-tree;

The bridegroom's Colonel Bracebridge,
He wears a sword and plume,

To show that he’s a soldier—
zt’s stylish, I presume.

We made some sugar-water,
And Mamie’s got a cake;

I never saw such good ones
As her mamma can make.

\Dedding.

She puts on plenty frosung
And lots of sugar plums—

I guess we'll have the ’freshments
Before the min’ster comes.

We've got to pick some dandelines
To make a chain and ring—
Louise will play the jew’s-harp,
And Mamie and I will sing;
We'll have to say the ’sponses,
They couldn’t if they tried—
But Rosa is so el’gant
She’ll make a lovely bride.

We'll have to stand the Colonel
Against a piece of board,
Or maybe he can stand up
By leaning on his sword.
Come now, this is to-morrow—-
Let’s get our hats and shawls,
Bring June and Zephyrine,
And all the other dolls.

—KaTE ALLYN