P.S. Tinder-boxes are unknown in Scotland, and I am sure M.L.B. if he wants a business would as readily make his fortune by selling them, as the Yorkshireman who went to the West Indies with a cargo of great coats.
LINES
ON MY FORTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY.
(For the Mirror.)
On the slope of Life's decline,
The landmark reached of forty-nine,
Thoughtful on this heart of mine
Strikes the sound of forty-nine.
Greyish hairs with brown combine