MERRY VERSE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 223, 18 September 1915, Page 21

MERRY VERSE.

THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. When I>..g Faced Dawson went t/> spend a winter In Slug Sing His on,',- was gruff, his speech was rough: he hard'- knew a thing. So shy wn.s he on Intellect that he was forr.d tn do Tho-,- .-heap Infer!.,r hold-up Jobs that yield scam revenue. And though for fifteen weary years he'd laboured every day. He didn't have a cent lahl by When he vrtls Bui in .ne winter In Ihe pen they smoothed ..111 Dawson's speech _nd awakened aspirations toward a wider menial re,„h. I They lauglil him -homlstry and law. and 1 soon he knew tbe books lOn science an.l psychology employed by I master crooks. And when he'd done his pijrht months' bit and life once more began, lie had the high attainments of an educated _n,I now. applvlne chemistry with new acquired Aklll. He's learned to make an excellent five hundred-dollar bill. And when he wnnts lo crack a crib his work Is so refined Thai he .an make a getaway and leave no trace behind. And when he doesn't feel quite up to lie has rhe personality for higher lines of graft.; :' ,'.. 1 *--J. J. MONTAGUE, In "New York American." " COMMERCIAL FLAPPER." A Story Without a Moral. Ut is claimed by some business men tbat a pretty typist distracts nn otlice. while Ihe ptaln girl is usually morr talent upon liclnj; a success at lier work.) Maud was a typist mast fair to behold. And Mary. _.t colleague, w-ns plain; But Mary was very much goodcr than gold IWe _han't see her equal agjilni. While Man. had the gladdest description of eye. Which she frequently winked at young clerks on Ibe sly! Now Mary not only performed on the keys; She -mastered tbe business as well; She was always obliging and anilous to please, Ami her health was as sound as a bell. And the grim senior partner w_s heard to declare She hud made herself quite h_dt-.pensa.le tiiere. But -Maud had a terribly frivolous mind, And her laugh was too frequently heard (A ra.pturous gurgle which brought to Che mind The note of a carolling hind). She was openly scornful of s*__res and of slocks. And squandered the whole of her Income on frock.. Our Mary progressed tn a way to delight The heart of the late Dr. Smiles, Bui Maudlc (confound her) was doLn-"- all I right, j For the men were a prey to her wiles, Aud the grim senior partner was rather less 1 srlm I Whenever that damsel was talking to him. There Isn't n moral, alas! 10 this tale, A thing which I grieve to confess. Sheer goodness and Industry ought to prevail, lint liioiigli Mary was quite a success. And for lucrative labour is ne'er at a loss. It i* Maudlc, the mini, who has married | the hues!