and, tapping the breakfast-table with his fork, he exclaimed,
"_Beroofen_!"

_Moral._--Be quite sure you're out of the wood, though maybe you were
never in it, and _even then_ don't congratulate yourself. "Mumm"'s the
word (so's "Pommery" also by the way, not forgetting "Greno," all such
being excellent Fizzic for the Epidemic), as to your state of health,
and don't forget the charm--"_Beroofen_!"

* * * * *

SUMMER!

(_SKETCHED, IN METRICAL SPASMS, BY A SUFFERER THEREFROM._)

[Illustration]

Damp days,
Chill nights;
Morning haze,
Evening blights;
Grey skies,
Sodden earth;
Butterflies
Weak at birth;
Gloom over,
Grime under;
Soaked clover.
Hail, thunder;
Wind, wet,