Heroes

The lad who starts in life as poor as any small church mouse : Who has a hard step-mother who wlll keep iiim in the house; Who runs away, and meets a man who takes lihn by the hand. And tries to malie him flt to lead a wieked pirato band ; Who winks his eye, and learns a lot about the pírate crew ; Becomes. indeed, their leader, but nhose principies are true : Aud gives his followers away to him they wish to rob - I think boys like him better if his name be Jack or Bob; Who jumps info a raging sea and saves a drowning girl, Whose father, as it chances, is a haughty noble earl ; Who soes to conflagrations with a little waterpail, And takea a hand just n-hen the engines seem about to faü; Who goes to war with uothing but a dagger made of steel, And with it iorces thousands of his euemies to reel ; Or who, perchance, sells papers in a so attractive way That he becomes a millionaire in one year and a day ; Whom nothing daunts- this hero true the school-boy much entliralls - Who if 'twas utcessary could swim up Niag'ra Falls ; And when his father's 'bout to taste a bitter gal 1 i ng cup Appears upoa the sceue in time to pay the mortgage up; Who then goes back and weds the child of him frhey cali the earl, The loveliest of all her sex, a truly perfect girl; Theu sits him down in comfort, full of honor and true worth, And seems to all mankind to be the flnest man on earth. II.- THE GIEI.S' HERO. The lad who doesn't run away because he cannot stand The ways of his step-mother with her rude, ungeutle hand, But stays at home to cheer his dad. and mitígate the strife That he must suffer froin the oue he's taken fora wife; Who earns two dolíais every day by writing poetry, That no oue kuows is writ by him, but which all men eau see Is fiuer verse thau Mil ton ever wrote, excelled by none S.ive one or two smul verses by the immo.'tal Tennysoil; Who eould save folks from drowning if the chance should e'er arise; Whose words are I'ew, and always of the wisest oí the w se : Who, spite of all teinptatious to wed handsome wealthy girls, Prefers some little frecklei maid with pretty yellow curls ; Who's always saying noble things, like " I am here!" and Hold!" "You cannot buy my couscieuce, nay ! for all your store of gold;" Who gives away to those who need, no matter what his store Audsays."Take all I've got; I weep because I have no more;" Who grows to manly stature with a pallor on his face, And walks into a drawing-room with really vvondrous grace ; Who uever reads or says a thing that strikes the girls as trash. And settles down to happiness and twirls a brown mustache.