[Copyright, 1886, by The Century Co.]

"ONCE-ON-A-TIME."


By Emily Huntington Miller.


Heigh-ho! What frolics we might see,

If it only had happened to you and me

To be born in some beautiful far-off clime,

In the country of Somewhere, once-on-a-time!

Why, once-on-a-time there were mountains of gold,