THE BROWNIES IN CANADA.

However bad the rip or break
The Brownies don’t their ship forsake,
Till they ’ve exhausted all the means
Known both to landsmen and marines,
That they may have within their reach
To bring her safely to the beach.
The Brownies gained the wreck at last
That still was sticking hard and fast.
Then in the quickest way they could
*They patched it up with bits of wood,
With caps and jackets calked the seams
And spliced the shattered ribs and beams,
Then, launching it adrift once more,
They worked it to the nearest shore.
Thus on they traveled mile by mile,
With many jokes and laughs the while.
A river widened to a bay
At times occasioned some dismay,
And seemed to bring to sudden end -
The trip they gladly would extend,
Till one was quick to raise the ery
“We ’re all right yet, some boats I spy
Here lying on the weedy shore.
Let some take rudder, some take oar,
"And soon we ‘Il travel where we please
In spite of current, tide, or breeze!”
At once they rushed a seat to find,
For no one wished to stay behind,
And while they rowed the boats along
Asageé draws on apace

Still heavenward lift your face The band united in a song :
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