ON AILING AND ALE-ING.
OME, come, for trifles never stick:
Most servants have a failing;
Yours, it is true, are sometimes sick,
But mine are always ale-ing.
Henry Luttrell.
IR GEORGE ROSE, being introduced one day to two charming young ladies, whose names were Mary and Louisa, instantly added, with a bow, "Ah, yes! Marie-Louise—the sweetest pear I know!"
Macmillan's Magazine.
TO A CRUEL FAIR ONE.
