Hyphenated.
Mary had a little word, p A word as cold as— snow, And ovevy where that Mary >vent That word was siue to " go." Unlucky lovevs followed her Wheiever she might btray ; But to them all that'little word Was all she had to say. However warm their hopes might be, However deep their woe_, She laughed at them, and in one calm, Old $.yll»ble said, "NO! ' But when I ciuie and minded not The scoi n she peemed to show, To ro-y persistent queries she At Jei gth rrplied, "N-No."' That literally "broke the tpell " ; She's mine ! Which goes to show That when they hyphenate the word It'a " Yes " they mean, cot " ISIo ! " —"Puck."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2288, 6 January 1898, Page 55
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115Hyphenated. Otago Witness, Issue 2288, 6 January 1898, Page 55
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