Then at last, one winter morning,

Hiram came without a warning.

"Either," said he, "you are blind,

Huldah, or you've changed your mind.

"Me you snub for trapping varmints,

Yet you take the skins for garments;

Since you wear the skunk and mink,

There's no harm in me, I think."

"Well," said she, "we will not quarrel,

Hiram; I accept the moral,