Unheeding all their prayers.

At length one day she loved a swain,

And changed her ways at last;

But "Mistress Prue" she did remain,

For wooing days were past.

MISS GERTRUDE BACON.

A GIRL'S BALLOON JOURNEY OVER LONDON.
THE STORY OF AN ADVENTURE IN THE AIR AT FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
By Gertrude Bacon.