THE MOTHER SINGS SOFTLY TO HERSELF:

Play, baby, in thy cradle play— Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick; And quick goes time, quick, quick! Grow, baby, grow, with every day— Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick; And babyhood will pass away, For quick goes time, quick, quick! Not long can mother watch thee so— Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick; And quick goes time, quick, quick! To pretty girlhood thou wilt grow— Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick; To womanhood, before we know, For quick goes time, quick, quick! Play, baby, in thy cradle play— Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick; And quick goes time, quick, quick! And some brave lad will come some day— Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick; And steal my baby's heart away: Ah, quick goes time, quick, quick!

Charley Bangs is a nice boy, but it was not right of him to take his big dog Towser to school when he heard the teacher was going to give him a flogging— And then to say he was afraid to send the dog home because it was so vicious, and might turn on him, and bite him!