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gerous character; such as, 'Frisk in Fetters,' and 'Why are Incisors granted to Both Sexes?' A dreadful little ballad was composed, and sung by the strong-minded, whose number became daily larger and more formidable. I remember only a fragment, but it gives an idea of the whole:—
'Who would stay and mind her young,
Who would gladly hold her tongue,
Who before her lord be dumb,
Let her turn and flee.
Who would gladly hold her tongue,
Who before her lord be dumb,
Let her turn and flee.
'Let her turn in cage of tin,
Clattering with revolving din;
Grazing fur and grazing skin,
Good enough for she!'
Clattering with revolving din;
Grazing fur and grazing skin,
Good enough for she!'
"The grammar," said October, "is defective, you observe. But that is little. Grammar and all other rules are defied by the strong-minded,—when they happen to be squirrels.
"This was last autumn. Just as I left, a lecture was announced upon 'The Royal Family an Excrescence!' What the state of affairs may be now I do not know, and I dare
