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46 I mind me vot mine fader said
 * Vonce vhen I vas a poy,

Mit meeschief alvays in mine head,
 * Und fool of life und shoy.

"Now, Hans, keep off der shleighs," says he,
 * "Or else shust bear in mind,

I dake you righdt across my knee,
 * Und cut, cut, cut pehind!"

Veil, dot vas years und years ago,
 * Und mine young Yawcob too,

Vas now shkydoodling droo der shnow,
 * Shust like I used to do;

Und ven der pungs coom py mine house,
 * I shust peeks droo der plind,

Und sings oudt, "Go id, Yawcob Strauss,
 * Cut, cut, cut, cut, pehind!"

Charles Follen Adams, in Harpers.

SCENE FROM ION. CHARACTERS.

discovered. — introducing

Cry. The king! Ad. Stranger, I bid thee welcome: We are about to tread the same dark passage, Thou almost on the instant. — Is the sword [To Of justice sharpened, and the headsman ready? Cry. Thou mayst behold them plainly in the court; Even now the solemn soldiers line the ground, The steel gleams on the altar, and the slave Disrobes himself for duty. Ad. (to ) Dost thou see them? Ion. I do. Ad. By Heaven! he does not change. If, even now, thou wilt depart, and leave Thy traitorous thoughts unspoken, thou art free. Ion. I thank thee for thy offer; but I stand