But no matter--in joy and affliction,
In seasons of failure or fame,
I cherish the certain conviction
You'll never dishonour your name;
For the love of the mother that bore you,
The life and the death of your sire
Will shine as a lantern before you,
To guide and exalt and inspire.

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Life's Little Ironies.

"Ever-ready Safety Razor, strop, outfit, 12 blades, new; exchange
something useful."--_The Model Engineer and Electrician._

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"The marriage of Captain ----, Grenadier Guards, to Miss ---- was a very
quiet affair, and not more than a score of people attended the ceremony
at St. Andrew's, Wells-street, during the week.--_Observer._

Quiet, perhaps, but unusually protracted.

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How it Happened.

From a publisher's advt.:--