Blue Ribbons

la cu a W. ij:iïai;d. Oh, tho ribbon tiiat tied iip niy goldeu huir Carne tUppfag ■liding, rolling down, A I rati o'ir the tii'ldK. uit o eousin Maro tíung "iiovu, lor t kat ribbon l'd give tuco u erownf "Then why don't you tuko it ï" I anawered kim back, And I hiughcd in hia taan U I plaoced aroiaid, When such u mitfturtnne be&ll, ror. alack I My bonnie blue ribbon druK-d off on tho grouuJ. "I will then, my dnrlin?" he Iniitrhed in his joy Till tht' wooda lii.1 k:i" liulitor ro-echoed oium ; 'A KorïfiC I'Il h:iVL',"8aid 1 1 1 i.s impudeiU buy. As hu &wuu my bluo ribbtu uround on hia canü "TliPh why don't you táke H !" I answered kün back; "Yuu'll have to run frist, in spite of vour charms!" "When sucli a mistortune beioli, lor, alack, I Irippcd on a tiloue uud icll mtu hid urias I "I will thpn my darling." He bent down hia head, Hut 1 ptillcl all my colden hair over my oyes ; "TbeM suiiiiy r.iys tfaxsle my ihl bo," he said, "Thatl cau'Lünd tho roacbud, nor tull whcro it Uoa. "But hero's a blue ribbon I found on the way ; bo 1'H tic tip ihe Bunbeams, :nd givo you a kús To pay for my tnmhla : but frown, (ir suy nay, Aiid I'ii give you uuothur, as liearty as- tris ! "