_ THE BROWNIES IN CANADA,

As when a club strives for a prize,

A bowl, or cup of handsome size,

And every member does his best

To keep ahead of all the rest,

So every Brownie struggled well

His puffing comrades to excel;

But shoes would sometimes hit or hitch,
And headlong down the mountain pitch
The very ones that seemed to show
The greatest speed upon the snow.

So he that for some distance ran,

A smiling leader in the van,

Would thus be thrown clear out of gear
And left to struggle in the rear,

But best of feelings governed still

The lively race o’er plain and hill.

 

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