Show r I A LITTLE boy wanted a drum His mother wishing to give him an impressive j im-pressive lesson suggested that if he should pray for it be might receive one 80 at night when ready for bed he knelt down and prayed Now I lay me down to BleeD I want a drum I I pray the LOId my soul to keep I want a drum If I should die before I wake I want a drum I pray the Lord my soul to take I want a drum His lather who had been let into the secret had meanwhile quietly placed a drum on he bed i As the youngster roe and his eyes I fed the drum on he exclaimed in an emphatic manner that banished all serious thoughts from thf minds of bia listeners Where the devil did that dram comefrom 1 I |