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