THE BROWNIES IN APRIL.

One strange mishap occurred that night,
For though the stars were shining bright, OM
While chasing hoops some Brownies fell Wes

Head foremost in a curbless well. 2s

 

The fearful downward dive was fast,
But water broke the fall at last.

"T is sad to gaze into a place

Where friends have met with sore disgrace,
And are immured in durance vile
Without a fee, a saw, or file,

Or aught that might assist them there
To breathe once more the open air.

But sadder still to see one’s friend

Into a prison hole descend

Where neither saw, nor file, nor fee

Can be of use to set him free.

‘Such was the scene, and such the woe
That struck the band a telling blow,
And stilled the heart, and paled the face,
Of every Brownie in the race..

To think of friends who side by side
Had dared the steep toboggan slide ;
Had on the ocean spread their sail,

Had ridden on the spouting whale,
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