THE MONEY-BOXING KANGAROO.

(Knocked-Out—for the Time!)

Pity the sorrows of a poor "Old Man,"

Whose pouch is emptied of its golden store;

Whose girth seems dwindling to its shortest span,

Who needs relief, and needs it more and more.

Punch's appeal for the marsupial martyr

Is based upon an ancient nursery model;

But he will find that he has caught a Tartar,