TURNING A NEW LEAF.
Twelve months again have rolled around,
The time has come, in brief,
When chaps like me are duty bound
To turn another leaf.
So, meditating thus, I find
’Tis needful that I stop
And designate within my mind
What habits I shall drop.
I will not smoke. Won’t I? Let’s see.
This surely’s not the worst
Of all my faults. Accordingly
I’ll take the others first.
I couldn’t stop it anyhow—
I’ve failed to times galore.
Perhaps I’d better tackle now
A job not tried before.
I don’t drink much—a special brew—
A glass when with a friend.
I reckon I’m not called on to
So slight a folly end.
And cards—oh, pshaw, I never lose!
I have such luck, you know.
And therefore why should I refuse
To play a hand or so?
I win my bets—a habit I
Would be a chump to quit.
My slang would not annoy a fly;
I hardly swear a bit.
What else—yes, what? Well, you can smile,
But I am free to say
I think of nothing that’s worth while
To drop on New Year’s Day.
Edwin L. Sabin, in Munsey’s
Magazine, January, 1899.
THE WINKTUM FAMILY
AND THEIR FRIENDS.
[The Winktum Family and Their Friends are introduced to our little readers as persons who are likely to prove unusually interesting. We shall try to give each month some new idea of their manners and customs.]
Here is the Winktum Family, rather queer as families go,
But, if you’ll take my word for it, they’re jolly folks to know;
Just where they live we cannot say, but will, we think, as soon
As some bright fellow finds the way to travel to the moon.
“Good morning, Mrs. Winktum! my name is Tinky-tee;
I’m a person of distinction, and my home is in the sea.
The day is such a fine one, I’m sure you’d like to walk,
And, if I’m not mistaken, enjoy a pleasant talk.”
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—What’s the matter with your brother, Mandie?
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Weary Willie—Well er very little will do fer me.
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—How’s your brother?
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