A Count er -bl ast . 



At the birth of E.L.Rand, 

 There ^-as joy in the land, 



'Tv/as obvious to all 

 That he rocoiveu a call- 



By some peculiar mode 



To stral[jhten out the Code. 



Hiin. when '/re found a Club, 



We Secretary - dub, 

 And as he is no shirk 



We make him do the work. 

 We think it rather mean 



That he should light on Deane- 

 And in his verses sunt^ 



"When Walter Deane was young". 

 This little would imply - 



What we at once deny - 

 Vis; Walter should grow old, 



That youth so brave and bold, 

 He cannot us deceive; 



Mo word do we believe - 

 Nor can he e'or forbid 



That wo should call him Kid. 



Easter Sunday, 



April 7, 1901. 



member - - 



Some Providunce^of our Club told Bailey who was not 



present, about Rand's poem. Bailey im:nediately vrrote the above 



And often has he since 

 iiiade even Brit ton wince. 



But v:hile he loved a plant, 

 iio place he had for cant . 



9k 't*<.<j>-a/*^ Tka^ u4Uu^ij^ 



This counsellor oj trade- 

 A botanist -/as miade- 



W. W.Bailey. 



and sent it to me. 



alter Deane, April 14, 1901. 



