And lightly I repeat it as he told.

THE LAWYER’S FIRST TALE.
Primitiæ, or Third Cousins.

I

‘Dearest of boys, please come to-day,

Papa and mama have bid me say,

They hope you’ll dine with us at three;

They will be out till then, you see,

But you will start at once, you know,

And come as fast as you can go.