The maiden shook her head and sighed,

"I'm sorry but it's Lent."

THE PROCESSIONAL.

(Written in collaboration with R. B. Hamilton.)

When Julius Caesar met his death,

He muttered in his dying breath:

"It is not patriotism now

Prompts you to break your friendship's vow."

Quoth Brutus, as he stabbed again

The greatest of his countrymen: