In vain, in vain I've torn my hair

In quite the most artistic style.

Yet one thing would I gladly learn—

Yes, tell me quickly, if you can—

Shall I be also, in my turn,

The Other Man?


THE KEY TO A LOCK.

["A lock of ——'s hair, set in a small gold-rimmed case, and said to be an ancient family possession, was knocked down for forty pounds.">[

Take yonder lock of tangled hair,