UNFORTUNATE MISS BAILEY.

An Experiment.

(A parody of the Lord of Burleigh.)

When he whispers, "O, Miss Bailey,

Thou art brightest of the throng!"

She makes murmur, softly, gaily—

"Alfred, I have loved thee long."

Then he drops upon his knees, a

Proof his heart is soft as wax;

She's—I don't know who; but he's a