"You will? All right then—eight o'clock;

Be sure and meet me on the block,

Remember now, don't get it wrong;

All right, old man (Ting-ling), so long."

A HARDSHIP.

I never saw a loaf of bread

Conspicuous in its purity,

But that I sadly shook my head

And left five-cents as surety.

CHRISTMAS TOYS.