A Boy’s Soliloquy.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 17, 27 April 1907, Page 39

A Boy’s Soliloquy.

Now I lay me down to s’eep Don’t want (•■* sleep I want Io think. I didn’t mean to spill that ink; I only meant to softly creep I ndcr the desk an’ be a hoar Taii.t ’bout tin* spanking that I care. ’E she'd onl.v let me \ plain an’ tell Just how it was an accident. An’ that I never truly meant Au’ never saw it till it fell. I ft-el a whole lot worse’s her; 1 am sor;y, an’ 1 said I were. I s’pose. if I’d just (lied a lot An’ ehokt'd all up like sister does. An’ acted sadder than I vvuz. An’ sohlx d ’l:out the “naughty spot.” She’d said: "'ile shan’t to whipped, hC shan't And k’ss.ed u.e In.l. stun In vv. I can’t. But I don’t think it’s fair, a bit. That when she talks an talks at yoli. And you wait patient (ill she’s through, AuJ start Io tell your side of it. I’ve heaid < »;ough!” ’fore you’ve begun. *F I sht.ud die I'cfere I wake May lie I ain't got any seni; Mayl.’e t heie’s onl.v just a hole Where ’I ought (o I«• the -e’s such an ache Down there soiiewhen ! Shi seemed to think That I jr.sf loved to spi'l that ink!