At break of day, beside der pond,
Poor Mary Ann vas found;
Her form vas cold un frozen stiff,
Und to a bean-pole bound.
SIGNS AND OMENS.
"Hans, what do you think of signs and omens?"
"Vell, I don't dinks mooch of dem dings, und I don't pelieve averydings; but I dells you somedimes dere is someding in sooch dings ash dose dings. Now, de oder night I sits und reads mine newspaper, und mine frau she shpeak und say,—
"'Fritz, de dog ish howlin'.'
"Vell, I don't dinks mooch of dem dings, und I goes on und reads mine paper, und mine frau she say,—
"'Fritz, dere is somedings pad is happen—de dog ish howlin'.'
"And den I gets oop mit mineself, and looks out troo de vines on de porch; und de moon vas shinin', und mine leedle dog he shoomp right up und down like averydings, and he park at the moon dat was shine so prite ash never vas. Und as I hauled mine het in de winter de old voman she say,—