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Hut K;iii<i \\il[>iii a noose was caiiti;!)! ; 

 In vain lie struf^fijled, threshed and i'oujiht : 



Im)|- pantinf^ on the loam 

 He lay, till Bel, deseendinfi,, hound him. 

 And tied a prisoner-strinji; around him, 



And led him meekly home. 



"And now," she said, "my luture mate, 

 (''Stop wrigglinji; so, and sit u[) strai{2;ht ! 



"Attend to what I say!) 

 "You'll hunt as you were used to doinji, 

 " But when you've eaught what you're pui'suinji;, 



"You'll eome home riglit away. 



"And further, clearly understand, 

 "That every wish and each conunand 



"Of mine you'll straifj;ht obey!" 

 And Kan^-, the Caveman, feared she'd scold him. 

 And did exactly what she told him. 

 And so he does toda> . 



Arthur Guitkuman 

 (Printed hy permission of the author i 



C^ueen of 8j)ain — "Aloi gracia! The royal child has swallowed a 

 ])in!" 



Court Chainl)erlain — "\Vo(), woo! Send for the Secretary of the 

 Interior! " 



First ^'()uth: "I have a drc'ad of mariyinji, a ^irl who is my intel- 

 lectual inferior." 



Second "^'outli: " ^'ou're not liU(>ly to do that." 



The attendant in Memorial Hall noticed a visitor pacing, with a 

 I)uzzled expression, around one of the meteorites. 



"Are you looking for something?" he asked. 



"'V'es," replied the visitor. "I see the meteor, but where's the 

 meteor's tail we're always hearing about'.'" 



