Sixteen And Sixty

O, rranrlma sits in her raken eliair, .And in flics r.essio wkh taogled linir', 'Tm pump to be nKirried, oh, grandmammii! I'mguing tobemarriedl Ha! ha! ha! ha!'1 i O, prrandnia smooths out lier aproa string; ! "Do yon know, my ilear, 'tia a solenin thing?" '' I s solcmncr not lo, granclmamma, r going to get marrie.l! Bal hal ha! ha!" Thcn gramlmalooka ihrough hor 60 years, Au J su ms upa voman'i hopea and fgu-s; Six of 'eni livinpand twoot 'cnidoad; Grandpa helpleeaand tied to his bod. Noivhere to live wlien the honse burncd down Years of lighting witlj old Motbcl Hronu; Stoekinge t(. darn and bread lo bake, Dishes to wash and dreasea to make. lint then f lic tntisk of patterlng fect, ü rand pa's klasei o fondand snoot, Suiignml prnttle the liveiong day, Joyand kieacasnd lovcalwav. O, grandma smoothl out hor aproo string, And ga zes down at lier nredding ring, And ijtill she smilea as slie dropfl ■ fcwi (l ' "Xis solcinner not to.' Yes, my dcar.H