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6 Chit-Chat by Puck.
ing titles—so that everybody might see what grand
folks they were.
“°Tis only nobodies that are without a title,”
said the historical novel.
‘Tis true. But if one has a titled name, and
some starch in the back, and gold-stitched clothing,
the world takes notice that one is not of the com-
mon lot,” added the poems.
When all the books were arranged in a splendid
show, and they got a sight of the little story-book,
they all laughed at once “at the poor thing that
could not even show a respectable coat.”
An old novel that was nearest to it complained of
“bad company,” and hoped that the young mistress
would soon observe the disgraceful waif, and turn it
out of their house.
The day after the wedding, the merchant took his
young wife into the little room where the bookcase
stood. She clapped her hands with delight, and said
joyously : “ Way, look at auntie’s old bookcase!”
“Yes, my mother wished that I should make a
wedding present of it to my wife, and now ’tis yours,
sweet Mary,” he said.
“Oh, your mother knew that one day I should
become your wife. Often when I sat with her, and
read in her books, she used to say: ‘When you, Mary,
and your cousin Adolphus are married, you will think
of me when you take a book from that bookcase.”
“So we will, my dear.”
“But these, surely, are not your mother’s old
books ?”
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