OUR GIRLS.
Girls are of few days and full of mischief, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. When the fair young girl cheweth her gum with greater haste and stampeth her pretty foot do thou look out. She cometh forth in the evening in low neck and short sleeves, but at morning she lieth in bed while her mother bustleth. When the sleigh bell tinkleth she standeth at the window and yearneth for a beau, and when he cometh she doeth up his purse. He wrappeth the buffalo robe around her and huggeth her much and stayeth out beyond his time, and the livery man addeth four good dollars to his bill. In the evening he hieth away to her father's mansion. He goeth in and sitteth by the fire, and ere he leaveth he poppeth the question and she jumpeth at the chance. When the cock croweth he taketh his departure, and when he remembereth the smallness of his salary, he kicketh himself and compareth himself to an ass ; yea, verily.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1215, 20 January 1886, Page 5
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174OUR GIRLS. Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1215, 20 January 1886, Page 5
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