94 Scprcs'^toit. 



and it is not my fault if my string does drag the 

 poor old doll out of the box along with me, dis-. 

 locating thereby its only remaining limb against the 

 fender ! But tug away, little Ada, and as long as 

 you keep me out of that diabolical cart I will jingle 

 as loudly on the stones, and hop as ''jerkily" when 

 you demand it, .as the newest and most highly- 

 burnished spur that now graces even the window 

 of old Saddleflaps himself. For should we not, one 

 and all, fulfil our respective duties as well as we 

 can, let such be what they may ? 



There is, of course, a lot of difference between us 

 two. I know all about that ; but I yet hope that you 

 and I, patient reader, possess our industrial share 

 of " good metal," and trust, too, that when your 

 head becomes silvered by age, your declining years 

 ma}' be as free from cares and troubles as my own, 

 whose now almost rowelless head has long since 

 lost its silvery brightness. 



DEPRESSION 



ISTRESS on all sides — landlords, tenants 

 too, 

 To battle with the times are quite unable; 

 For most the chase is now no more, and few 

 Have even hackney left within their stable. 



