And say, “Sir, I desire
You go forthwith and search the Hall,
And send to me the crier.”
“And search, my Lord, in vain, I may”—
The tipstaff gravely said—
“The Crier cannot cry to-day,
Because his wife is dead.”
THE PARSON AND BUTCHER.
A parson and a butcher chanced, they say,
To meet and moralize one Sabbath day.