The Stammering Wife

;y John o. saxe. Wheii -decyly vi', love with Miss Eniily l'yne, I owed, if thecnaiden vrould only lio mme, I would always endeavor to ptease !ier, - Sho Wushcd her consent, tho" tbe stuttering lass Said slie never a word cxcept , " You'r án ass - Ajiass- an ass-jduous teaser ! " But wlien w ; were married, I found to my truth, The stamnieving lady liad spoken tlio truth, For oftcn in ob'íiaas dndgeon, ■She'd say,--if I ventured to give her a jog In the way of reiroof- "Your'ea dog- your'o a dog, A dog - a dogmatie irmudgeonj " Andonee when I said, "We can hardly afford ïhis extravagant style, with onr moderate liourd , And -biiited we ought to be wisev, Slie looked. i ssüre you, cèedihgly blue. And fretfuliy cried ; " You're a Jew- j-our'fe a Jew - A ju-dLcioiis adviser ! " Agftin, when it happeued, Üiat wibhing to sliii'k Sonie jatlier un'pléasiuit and arduous work; I begged her to go to a neighbor, Sho wautedto WROW why I niade sucli a fuss, And sancily faid, " Your'i-o ae-cus - cjt - cusa - You uere always ac-custotned to labor ! " Out of temper at last witíh the insolent danie, And feeling that Madame v,as greatly to blame So scold me tnttead of carossing, [ mimiek ed her speech - like a churl as I am - And ancrily suid, " Your'a a lam - dan- Jam - A dam-age instead of a blessing ! "