With the children clinging to her hand,

Look’d as if it were a happy day.

Ah, they lov’d her soon! The little one

Crept into her arms as to a nest;

Arthur always with her now; and May

Growing nearer to her every day:—

Well, I loved my own dear lady best.

Adelaide Proctor.

Richard Dingle’s Speech.

I am Master Richard Dingle,