The dangerous dog in the drawing-room lay,
And snapped at the houseflies that came in his way.
"I'm a dangerous canine!" he said
"Beware how you trouble a creature of my—"
But his speech was cut short as he happened to spy
A bumble-bee close to his head!
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
[An Historical Biography.]
By Horace E. Scudder.
WASHINGTON’S SWORD,—NOW IN THE LIBRARY 0F THE STATE DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON.