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R (Iurpon in the oflke of the Minisltr of Agricullure, PS ^^55 o2^ '^^ 68972 Wilfrid de Great. Wen Queen Victoria/ call her peup'd For male' some jubilee, She sen' for men from all de worr.— Dat mean her colonie. But mos' of all slie sen' dis word, To dis Canadian shore, '' If Wilfrid Laurier will not come; I not be glad no more !" V ' W^ A I r \ Den Wilfrid — not bad fellow, him — Lif , w'at you call, do hat, An' say : ^^Ma Reine, yon mns' not fret, 'Bout little t'ing like dat. " To Lend res, on do day in June You tole me, I will come. And show you w'at is like de French- • Canadian gentilhomme /" ,1 : ,» j 7 I Den AMlTjid sail across cie sea, An' Queen Victoria 's met, An' w'en she 's see liim, aii ! she is Jus' tickle half to deal' ! An' w'en he 's knee], as etiquette Demand^ for be cori'ec', She tak' a sword into de han' An' hit him on de neck. ^ liis ^fxuij^iitt^^''''^^^^'^ :i i ( ^1 An' w'en she do, she smile on him, An' dcse de words she sa v : "Ilise up, my true Ccinadian knight, Sir Wilfrid Luurier !" n Den Wilfrid kiss de Roval lian', An' back oft* on de door, An' bow^ as only Frenchman can, An' smile an' boAv^ some more. j ! \ I i \ Nex" day, it ees a glorious sight, At iialf-pas' twelf o'clock, For see yir Wilfrid ride on state An' in chapeau de coque ! Lords Soisby, Roberts, Cecil Rhode', An' Chamberlain, an' dose, Were, w'at you call, ''not in it," for- 8ir \Vilfrid was de boss ! ' is wip-tn'^u-'-m ■nrvwiii iii^mnmt^^^fttfamf^tfifgg^ If Urn •I Ou?, certainenienf, excep' de Qaeeii Herself, dat glorious day, De greates' man on Angleterre, Is Wilfrid Laurier ! Sir AMlfrid cross de Channel, den, For visit la pa trie, An' mi\k' tine spiches, two or t ree, In de city of Faree. (f ■'^ ^ *./■ -4*" -. ^^ i An' shak' de lian' an' drink de vin Wit' Faure, de Presiden', An' show him w'at de kin' of man Dis co'ntrie represen'. An' w'en Sir "Wilfrid's voice dey hear An' hees fine shape dej" see, De men of France was iiall surprise', De ladies hall epris I ♦1' r^ ^ ""mmmm^. Den Monsieur Faure, he rise an' say : " Sir Wilfrid Laurier, In do Le-gi-on d'Honneur you are Un Grand Officier /" An' to Sir Wilfrid, fi'out dem halJ, He mak' some line address, An' den, de ribbon wit' de star He pin upon liees breas'. X^ ■^s' ■^ x y ,01>J ■lb.-. >•.. \ En bref, our ^Allfrkl capture iFrance, lie's capture AniJ^luii' too ! I t'ink lie will -annex dem bot' To Canada. —Don' you ? ^U6 -5IK5 It Is a well Established Fact that . . . is the largest ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY it the world, also a Leading LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ■-Nil^'%. ..''V^ ■ X PAID-OP CAPITAL - $1,000,000.00. i Cash Assets, .... $21,915,633.62. Liabilities,. . . . . . 18,550,472.23. 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