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1S6 LANTERN SETS. FROM DRAWINGS. THE CURTAIN. £By permission of the Religious 2'ract Society.) An ordering, say if for single or double Lantern. •1 'fcfco was walking in the springtime. 2 ’She was gazing on a picture. 3 In a garden lustrous with the moon. 4 On a river’s bank a crowd had met to bid farewell. 5 It was now a bridal party. 6 And anon she was a mother. Heading 6d. THE WAITS. By Edgar Lee. From “ The Graphic.” 1 The plot in the bar parlour. 7 The lawyer’s contribution. 2 The opening bars: 8 Remonstrating with the lawyer. 3 The doctor offers half-a-crown. 0 At the castle once more. 4 A snowball. 10 Frozen to his back. 5 Returning from the manor house. 11 Blowing up the fire. 6 A long and anxious consultation. 12 The proposition was negatived. Heading 6d. 7 Midst a romping throng. 8 Bhe was seated by a sick bed. 9 'Now reclining in a grandma’s chain 10 In the next, two mourners sorrowed. 11 Then arose a shadowy churchyard. 12 Framed a band of angel faces. THE CROCODILE’S DINNER PARTY. By E. "Vinton Blake. 1 With paper, pen and ink, he sat him down 5 By Mr. Lynx was taken in possession. to think. 6 Left nothing of the lynx to tell the story. 2 His guests were all assembled. 7 The leopard all irate at his relation’s fate. 3 She softly swallowed him and made no men- 8 Then on the leopard sprang. tion. 9 As down his throat the roaring lion hasted. 4 Borne punishment is due for this transgression Heading Ed. COMING HOME. By Alfred Berlyn. 1 And the thick snowflakes, at their silent work. I 3 “Father! have pity on me; lec mein 2 As though the fire held all he loved on earth. I 4 Across the threshold fell—a frozen corps#. Heading 1/- HOW THE CLOCK WENT WRONG. 1 A human leg enveloped in blue broadcloth. 6 Never did I know it to carry on so before. 2 The happy couple sat down. 7 Affectionately, seizing one of his coat-tails. 3 I’ll make it truth, then, said Joe. 8 They fell heavily on the floor. 4 And without another word he concealed him- 9 The deacon, the old lady and Sally flsd self. upstairs. 5 And commenced smoking very deliberately. Heading Ed. THE MOUSE HUNT. By Joshua Jenkins. 1 I was dozing comfortably in my easy chair. 5 The horrid thing ran up the leg of my 2 There fell upon my ears a -most startling pantaloons. scream. _ 6 Then she got the tea kettle. S The idolized form of my Maria was on a chair. 7 I tripped over an iron, lost my hold. 4 I found the mouse in a comer under the sink. 8 And I had hardly got him pacified. Heading 6d. THE GOUTY MERCHANT. By Horace Smith. 1 Snug by his parlour fire, a gouty wight. | 4 Pocket your silver oandle3ticks, and walk oS 2 When lo l a decent personage in black entered. | —thus. 3 Blow out your candles—thus-and-thus. i T?r?in o*