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FRANKLIN HYDE,

_Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by His Uncle._

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His Uncle came on Franklin Hyde
Carousing in the Dirt.
He Shook him hard from Side to Side
And

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Hit him till it Hurt,

Exclaiming, with a Final Thud,
"Take

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that! Abandoned Boy!
For Playing with Disgusting Mud
As though it were a Toy!"

MORAL

From Franklin Hyde's adventure, learn
To pass your Leisure Time
In Cleanly Merriment, and turn
From Mud and Ooze and Slime
And every form of Nastiness--
But, on the other Hand,
Children in ordinary Dress
May always play with Sand.

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GODOLPHIN HORNE,

_Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black._

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Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;
He held the Human Race in Scorn,
And lived with all his Sisters where
His father lived, in Berkeley Square.
And oh! the Lad was Deathly Proud!
He never shook your Hand or Bowed,
But merely smirked and nodded

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thus:
How perfectly ridiculous!
Alas! That such Affected Tricks
Should flourish in a Child of Six!
(For such was Young Godolphin's age).

Just then, the Court required a Page,
Whereat

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the Lord High Chamberlain
(The Kindest and the Best of Men),
He went good-naturedly and

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took
A Perfectly Enormous Book
Called _People Qualified to Be
Attendant on His Majesty_,
And murmured, as he scanned the list
(To see that no one should be missed),
"There's

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William Coutts has got the Flue,

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And Billy Higgs would never do,

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And Guy de Vere is far too young,

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And ... wasn't D'Alton's Father hung?
And as for Alexander Byng!-- ...
I think I know the kind of thing,
A Churchman, cleanly, nobly born,
Come
let us say Godolphin Horne?"
But hardly had he said the word
When Murmurs of Dissent were heard.
The King of Iceland's Eldest Son
Said, "Thank you! I am taking none!"
The Aged Duchess of Athlone
Remarked, in her sub-acid tone,
"I doubt if He is what we need!"
With which the Bishops a