thoughtful, and with good reason. Then Ole-Luk-Oie dressed up in

grandmother's black gown married them.

As soon as the ceremony was concluded, all the furniture in the

room joined in singing a beautiful song, which had been composed by

the lead pencil, and which went to the melody of a military tattoo.

"What merry sounds are on the wind,

As marriage rites together bind

Though formed of kid, yet smooth and fair!