HER DANCE CARD.
A dainty trifle, silk ana lace, All white and palest blue ; A pencil hangs below the place Where it is bent in two; A silken cord upon her arm So soft; and round, and white, Suspends, secure from every harm, This little book to-night. ■'."■ Within the tiny tome I glance, The ball has just begun, But some one's taken every dance'; She might have saved me one. I look along the list of names, " And looking there I see That every waltz some fellow claims Whose name begins-with D. I'm hurt and say so in a way. I fear is scarce.polite; But as I turn I hear .her say "Don't leave me so to-night!" Then with a sudden, tender smile, She whispers: " Don't look blue; ° r p I mlShfc llave known it all the while— .the D was meant for U !"
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7069, 31 July 1901, Page 4
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144HER DANCE CARD. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7069, 31 July 1901, Page 4
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