JOJO'S PETITION.
olden-haired Jojo, at his mother's knee,
Nestles each night his baby prayer to say:
"Bless papa and mamma! make Ned and me
Good little boys!" he has been taught to pray.
Grandmamma was very sick one weary day,
And Jojo shared with us our anxious care;
So the dear child, when he knelt down to pray,
Seemed to think Grandma must be in his prayer.
And sure the dear Lord did not fail to hear
Sharer alike of sorrows and of joys—
When he said, "Bless papa and my mamma dear,
And make me an' Gran'ma an' Neddy good boys!"
RUTH HALL.