What He Missed

An oíd Georgia darky, after a weary tramp of four honra, treed a fat possurn. The uight was late, and he was tired ont, so, having secured the prize, he killed it and solved to spend the remainder of the riipht in the woods. He hollowed a deep place iu a pile of leaves, placed the possum therein for safo keeping, pillowed his head thereon and save himself to slumber. He had not slept long before he was vaguely aware of the fact that bis head was bobbing up and down, irnpelled by eomc power beneath. He seemed to think he was at home in his own bed, and as he feit his head bumped here and there he murmured drowsily : "Oh, stop datl Go furder! Stop dat, I teil yon!" But suddenly there waa a cold, clammy feeling on the back of hisneok, and, wide awake now, he sprnng to his feet. There, iu full coil, was a huge rattlesnake, on whose body he had been peacefully reposing. But his possum was safe. He made snre of that, and thenheaddressed hiniself to the rattler: "You slick tongue devil!" he cried. "You done wake me up, is you? All right. I gwiue ter take this stick hoah en beat you ter a jelly. But ef you'd er swallered dat possum I'd er cufc yo' head clean off. " - Atlanta Constitution. lay of tlie Hoarding House Bard. Whc gives us bash each blessed day And Baya we in advance must pay? Who grnxits when a.sked for towels, "Nayl" The landlady. Who washes plates both night and mornf Who meets with everybody'a scorn? Who wishes he liad ne'er been born? Her husband. Who pounds tho piano all day long? Who sings for hours, with voice that's stron? That "Teil Them That You Saw Me" song? Her daughter. Who holds tho boarding house in thrall? Who's full oi Irish wit and gali? Who won 't stand "no back talk" at all? Tho cook. Who at six per wears many a gown? Who on the young men e'er looks down? Who hopes to wed her boss down town? The typewriter boardur. Who gets the finest cuts of meat And all the sweets he cares to eat? Who pays a little more for heat? The star boarder. Who'a scented, collared and mustachod? Who always says somo girl ho's mashed Who ought to be severely thraahed? The dude boardor. Who hates young girls and alvrays trioa Tho parlor to monopolize? Who opes at scandal wide her eyes? The old niaid boarder. Who wears a faded wrapper blue And novols reads the whole day throughf Who dyes her hair a taffy hue? The graas widow boarder. Who, when his board is nearly due, Gets apprchensive, nervous, blue? Who Is an ass to stay here- who? Me, tho hallroom boarder I