"It is getting quite dark, but with my cheery spark
I will lengthen the day for awhile."

[Illustration: Old Mr. Match]




THOUGHTS UNSTRUNG


"Alas! I fear my mind doth wander.
As o'er this narrative I ponder;
I usually know what I have read,
But this time I have lost the Thread."

[Illustration: Thoughts Unstrung]




THE MISER


The Pocketbook has money,
On that subject he is daft;
But when one strikes him for a loan
He answers, "I am strapped."

[Illustration: The Miser]