THE SAD FATE OF SEVENTEEN CUPIDS.
PUZZLED EDITOR.
How did we come by this marvellous flower?
Say, can you tell us what is it?
Did it spring from the earth in some wonderful hour,
Dainty, and rare, and exquisite?
BRIGHT YOUNG CONTRIBUTOR.
Why, seventeen Cupids went wild with despair
When Valentine's Day left each solus,
So they picked off the flowers and hung themselves there,
On the stalk of a tall gladiolus.