And snowballed my Aunt Mary Ann."

"Go along, Father William," the young man cried,

"You are trying it on, sir, to-day;

What makes your teeth chatter like bone castanets?

Come tell me the reason, I pray."

"In the days of my youth," Father William replied,

"I went to the North Pole with Parry;

And now, my sweet boy, the Arc-tic doloreaux

Plays with this old man the Old Harry."

"Get out! Father William," the young man cried.