And vowed his only daughter should wed a man of brains.
The charming Arabella was disgusted with the plan,
She felt no sort of weakness for the "well-bred college man,"
And secretly determined, should a drummer take her eye,
To wed the gallant "business man" and her papa defy.
The downy "men of business" made Miss Arabella glad
By oft-repeated visits, but they made her father mad,
And when hints and mild suggestions had no force upon the foe
He'd throw down stairs his overshoes to intimate a "go."
One night on Arabella a young man had come to call,
And her father ('t was his manner) made him feel intensely small,
By examining his knowledge of a "fizzle" and a "rush,"
And questioning the difference 'twixt a "sequence" and a "flush."
"What! Never studied Ethics? and have you never viewed
The aesthetic points in Fine Arts?" the inquisitor pursued.
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