HOW I LOST MY BRIDE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 305, 14 November 1906, Page 1

HOW I LOST MY BRIDE

A SAD STORY. A pretty girl came to mo To sell a ticket for a Christmas Tree. She said it would ;bo in the HaiU, And she. hersolf. dkl keep a stall. , 'Tis lono; since I was a boy. And could a Christmas Tree t»Jay, With golden nuts, in briUianjt light And lovely trinkets. Bilver white. Where underneath on tables lay Our presents and vhose wo gave away. "My dear." I said. twisting Itao card, '■'I suppose the thijnjr will toe very, apart 9" u Apart, you say. sir ? I was told All tho prizes are good a» ROld, And we girls work "id day and night To make it •beautiful and bright !"• I took the ticket, number swrentyone, ■ ■ J. Baid my bob and the thinjj, vm done. I had forgotten tho Christmas trea When the pretty girl oame again to me. rShe look'd serioU9, very sad, - And I began to ask her what Brought her back, tickets to sell ? She shook her 'head and said ■• ?'Well. We had the Christmas Tree last night, - . » And when the g-lrla found, you won the Bride, ' They said, 'an old fellow bas no right' . ■;■■..', ; •Toget her, and 'before night They changed the ticket and -a boy Won tho Bride— a poor" Mttte. toy ,! :< * "Oh ! never mind,'" I said, " my. dear, I am- not angry, never fear. That Bride would Ibo no good to me. Nor all tte girls round your tree. But to speak plainly and rough, I think the girls 'badly in love :. MARTIN BORAX.- --| Green Hills, Nov. '12th.