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Show A MERRY-GO-ROUND. G. Whillikins was a writer bold (l i Who never lost a chance; While good at many sorts of work, His best hold was Romance. ,- He wrote a lively, stirring thing, n A tale of love and youth. u "It's very good," wrote the publishers, "but the public taste at present is for character- K study." 0 G. Whillikins then hied him home to To make another start. fi He studied up psychology; R He took men's souls apart; to He learned the naive, the morbid, S The crazy, quaint and queer. And wrote a book without a plot. (Note: Time elapsed one year.) ft "Why didn't we see this before?" the pub- J Ushers asked. "Political Economy is what's sell- jt ing just now." fc Once more G. Whillikins set out, i With economic lore t He soaked his very being full I It oozed from every pore. J He proved all poverty a crime, j And chose a "workingman" J For hero, one who ran a strike Upon a novel plan. "Excellent," was the publisher's verdict, "but not timely. We're doing the homely agricultural i now." I G. Whillikins did some thinking, And thought this time he'd wait Until the wheel had made its turn,- Instead of chasing Fate. "I'll bide my time," said Whillikins, "Until Romance comes round." But when the cycle reached Romance, It found him underground. But his widow was wide-awake and drew royalties on some 50,000 copies. Tudor Jenks, in the Century. "Miss Elderly came frqmnavery old family, fH idn't she?" ,, H "Oh, ye? ' j H "Well, she looks it." Town Topics. H |