in the Tomtit) ranks 3]

Oh 1 the snow, tbr beautiful euow,

7/11kM the sky' sad earth below ;

Over the house tops,. over the street,

Over the heads of the people you meet,

. • Dancing,

Itfilinoging along; '

Deattliful snow ? it Can do no wrong,

Plyin; to kiss a ?Melody's cdeek, .

Clinging to lips in a Arolicunne freak,...

'Henan] snow trout The Heil:nen "kbore,

Pon as an angel, gentle as love!

Oh ! the mow, the beautiful anew,

Hew, the fi .I:es gather and laugh its they go!

Whirling about In its maddening fun,

-. lt ; 00610 Its glee with evely one,

Chasing, 'e

Laughing„

Hurrying by ;

. - 4tlUhte.ott_tbe fare? and it - entirkier the eye;

And et an the dogs, with a bark and a bound,

Ban atthe crystals that eddy around ;

The townle alive, and its heart in a glow,

Makereleente the coming of heautlful snow!

Inteir l 'iie Wild crowd gees swayilig along,

Hailing twit other with humor RIO song!

How the gay illeftg.es. liket meteors flesh hy,

Bright fur the inewient they lost to the eye;

• Flingleg, • .

Dishing they ge:

Over the crust of the beautiful snow;

nue* se pure when It falls. from the Ay;

T/-be trampled In mud by tho crowd passing

by,

To be trampled middricked by the thotutands

of feet,

Till it , biendi with the tilth In the horrible

street..

Ones 1 was pore as the snow—but I Leg!

,Fell like the- Snow anises, from Heaven to

Doll ;

' Pelt to ho trampled as filth of the street.

•• Fell to be scoffed, to be spit on and beat ;

Pleading. ,

- ' Cursing, -- - .

' Dreading to die,•

Selling my soul to whoever woad 1, 0;

Dealing In abdulefor w mental of breed,

Dating the liv nq pad fearing the dead;

Merciful God! hove I fallen se low ,

!Lod yet I ;vat oneo !Not& beautiful snow

A THEORY WORKED OUT.

My refusal of Asher Alleyne was the le