THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
Old Birch, who taught the village school, "Wedded a'maid of homespun habit j He was as stubborn as a mule, And she was playful as a rabbit. Poor Kate had scarce become a wife Before her husband sought to make her The pink of country polished life, And prim and formal aa a Quaker. One day the tutor went abroad, And simple Kate sadly missed him; When he returned, behind her lord She slyly stole and fondly kissed him. The husband's anger rose, and red And white his face alternate grew, "Less freedom, ma'am!" Kate sighed and said, " Oh, dear ! I didn't know 'twas you !"
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Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 801, 9 May 1876, Page 3
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107THE DISAPPOINTMENT. Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 801, 9 May 1876, Page 3
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