DEATH AND LOVE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2732, 18 July 1906, Page 87

DEATH AND LOVE.

(From the German.) In ancient German chronicles, we're tol«f, A strange event befell in days of old: That Death and Love — a. curious pair — once met, And seeking shelter from the cold frosts, A cosy tavern entered by the way, And spent therein with wine and talk the day. Now when the twain had done their friendly oil at, They stretched them down to slumber where they sat. While Death and Love thus sleep with closeshut eyes, It is well known that none can love and no ono dies.

A roguish imp. that heard them loudly snore, Espies them through the partly-open door, Arid Also where their quivers neax them lay: The rascal thinks a merry trick to play, And, slipping in the room with stealthy pace, He slyly changes darts from case to case. So n£ve3; say again you know not •why Old men sometimes dote arid young ones die. June 23, 1906.* — H. A. W. ■ — A memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the following terms: — "We have -pleasure in supporting the appeals that a grant thould be given to enable the directors of the Bea Nevis and Fort William Observatories to reopen and maintain their observations" — has been signed by practically all the Scottish members.