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Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 F 6 TbaOaiatJohnOlobt "nTMriitiriiiiiii'iMi ^ainl Jaliii §lok. w r/ It was New Year's Day. and, away away, On his gladsome rounds sped he : He hurried along with whistle and song. For he was a Carrier free. "Whither away, O, Carrier gay. Oh ! whither away so tast ? " Asked a Maiden sweet, of the youth so fleet. As he sped like a meteor past. But the Carrier answered her never a word. Never a word spake he. He gave her the paper with all the news And winked prodigiously. '•Why will he not tell? asked the Maiden fair. 'Tis a weird dark mystery ; But I'll go and read of the weddings and balls. And no thought of the boy with his whoops and Shall come in my dreams to me." A Lawyer next in his doc And he hailed the swiff Are you training to emulate Nancy Hanks," As the Carrier hastened away. But the Carrier answered him never a word, Never a word spake he ; He tossed him the paper with all the news. And chippered and chuckled with glee. I'd like to have him on the witness-stand." Said this sinister man of o;uile ; en he turned to the coiurr of law reports, nd looked up the docket ana cases in court. And smiled a peculiar smile. I A fine Old Lady the Carrier saw, She was kindly and sweet to see. "You'd better come in and warm yourself, My poor little lad." said she. But the taciturn Carrier said not a word, ever a word spake he ; her the paper with all the news hastily turned to flee. " I'm sorry the Carrier wouldn't come in, He'll surely catch cold." she said, " But I'll read of the funerals first, and then I'll find him out and I'll ask him a^ain : Perhaps he wont be afraid." I. w .-i^i^ A Merchant stood waiting before his front door For the Carrier blithesome and free ; " Oh ! where have you been so long, my lad, And where do you go? " said he. But the Carrier answered him never a word, Never a word spake he ; But flung him the paper with all the ne^ And scamoered immediately. "That youth sticks closely to biz I know. That's a style 1 like," said he ; But I must read up the market reports And the foreign news for our Winter Port, That my paper brings to me. The Parson grave, in slippers and go*vn, Came out in the frosty air. And " whither away with your bundle big, O, Carrier free from care?" But the Carrier answered him never a word, Never a word spake he ; He shied hirri the paper with all the news, AfRfers^Wiped immediately. " I ought to know," said the Parson good " It's my duty to know," said he. But I'll read the news of the devil's deeds, And of foreign missions e'er I speed On the track of the Carrier free. I r The Carrier met a Workingman bold ; " Ho! ho! my brave lad," cried he; " I want the news of the latest strikes Against grinding monopoly." But the Carrier answered him never a word, Never a word spake he ; He gave him the paper with all the news And hurried away in glee. "That boy works hard." said the workman bold, That's a lad I should know." said he ; But I'll read of the toiling and turbulent world, Of labor in vain against tyranny hurled. And of grinding monopoly." $ $ $ $ $ ^v(;J%> The Maiden fair has read the news Of weddings and bal^s and routs ; The Lawyer keen knows all that's told Of criminals, courts and suits ; The Old Lady kind, with motherly face, Has sorrowed with those in grief; And the Merchant is posted on market reports Of gunnybags, sugar and beef; The Spinster pores over the gossippy news Of elopementii and breaches of trust, While the honest Mechanic earnestly reads Of monopoly hard and unjust. The Parson has found the devil's track And striven with faith and prayer To remedy evils that grieve him sore And fill his good heart with care. ''"iSdik^^i^^p. ■A.rfW-^m But the happy lad, his day's work done. His mind from business free, Laughs the roguish laugh of harmless fun And cheerily outspake he : " 0, who would not be a Carrier bold ? 'Tis better than riches of silver and gold To know that for him waits every one For news from everywhere under the sun. That his coming is greeted by Young Maids fair And Old Maids prim with frosty hair. By Merchants important and Lawyers bright, By the Workman toiling .'rom morn til! night. The Parson good and Grandmother kind, You may search the world over and never find A happier life than mine. For everyone wants me, high and low. And they chip in the HALVES and QUARTERS you know When New Years come and Old Years go, Ana such favors I never decline.