The Death Of Little Mahala

"Little Haly ! Little Haly!" cheeps the robln in the tree: "Little Haly r'eighs the clover, "Little Haly I" moans the bee ; "Littlt Haly! Little Haly!" calis the killdeer at twilight; And theknudidsand crickets hollers "Haly1' all the nighl. The sunflowers and the hollyhawks droops over the garden lence; Theold iiiuh downthegardenwalkssilllbolds her foot])rint's dents; And the weü-sweep's swinging bucket scems to wait for her to come And start it on lts watery errant down the old bee gum. The bee-hlves all qulet, and the lilly Jersey Wheuany one comes nighit. acts solonesome hke and queer; And the llltle Banta chickens kiad o'cutters faintand low, Like the hünd that now was feediu' 'em was oue tliey didn't kuow. They's sorrow in the wavin' leaves of all the apple-trees; And sorrow In the harvest-sheaves, and sorrow in the breeze: And sorrow in the twitter of the swallers ' 'round the shed, Ana au toe song the red-bird sings ís "Litile Haly's dead!" The medder 'pears to miss her, and the pathway through the grase, here the dewdrops ust to kiss her llttle bare feet as she paseed; And the oíd pin In. the gate-post seems to kinda sorto' doubt That Haly's llttle sunburnt hands'U ever pull Did her father or her mother ever love her more'n me, Er her sisters er her brothers prize her lore more tenderly? I questlon- and what answer?- only tears and tears alone, And ev'ry neighbor's eyes Is full o' tear drops as my own. F 'Linie Haly! Llttle Haly!" cheeps the robln in the tree; 'Little Haly ! sighs the clover, "Llttle Haly'" moans the bee; 'Little Haly ! Little Haly I" calis the killdeer at twillght, And the kaïydlds and crickets hollers "Haly!" all the night. J