Something rose within my throat.

'Twas because my heart was true

To the North and spring-time new;

My mind's eye a nest could see

In yon old, forked apple-tree!"

(NOTE.—It is said that the robin does not sing during its winter stay in the South.)


LITTLE MISS MABEL

——— By Daisy Jones. ——— Little Miss Mabel, Brimming with play, Turned into Grandmamma All in a day. "Now, children, you see How I look," said she, "And Grandmamma Harris Looked just like me. They always do; it's the natural way. All children take after their Grandmas, they say."