To L

Remember near

Remember far,

Remember me.

To-day be faithful, and for ever —

Aye, still beyond the grave — remember

That I have well loved thee.

“KARL MAYER.”

These verses (which were written in a fine, round hand on thin letter-paper) pleased me with the touching sentiment with which they seemed to be inspired. I learnt them by heart, and decided to take them as a model. The thing was much easier now. By the time the name-day had arrived I had completed a twelve-couplet congratulatory ode, and sat down to the table in our school-room to copy them out on vellum.