0I? to me a (runty friend,
Steading by ma ta the end, '
Oae wbo.e band may nerer lire,
One lo guide and lead ma higher,
One with lorlng, tender mind,
Leering arllUhne.. behind,
One lo eiaod tha eloser by ma
Wbea the world te nntaiioni try me
Suoh a oae I loag lo see
That's the ttusiy friend for me.
Glee me one who knows no guile,
One with eteady, cheering smile,
One who I eaa trust for ever,
One who wilt betray ma aertr,
Oae m eeore'. thought, to tell.
One wboe heart can keep Ibem well.
Otto whose lore Is strong and eteady
'" iwi oean ror me isreidy,
Wailing but my friend le be
Oh I but that's the friend for me I
THE PU ANTON .SLEIUU.
BY M ATI'S IW MIDDLITOH.
" Ainaada, I winh you'd tell Jane
toburryup that aoppor.r auld Mr.
Elipholet Foe to hia wife, oneeronlni
in the latter part ol February. "I'ro to
go out to-oigbt )iol to go away over
to I'arsborou-h, and it's lima I was off
DOW.''
a. tie a . a
vi nai, ia iiia onroe or oomtuoa
sesie, Ukea you to Paraborougb to
night f akod Mrs. Fox, curioimly, as
she arvso to obey her husbaad'a com
nand.
l Al I a sin a
"uu, Duinii nuais tbo dm
you aikiog ma T You eouldo'l ooder
siaod if I told you. You go and burr
up auppor that's wbut you do l'
" It's buaioraa, builocs all the time
wilh you : rotortcd Mr. Fox, aori-
ly. " You're got lo having so muoli
busiacBJ, Dowidays, that you eau't evou
peak aciril word to your wife !" and
the fl.iunceJ out of ilia rooin.slatnmioj;
be door behind bor.
