The Stylish Maiden.
She sits beside me in the square old pew,
Two little gray-gloved hands devoutly hold Hei dainty prayer-book and her hymn-book, too, Warm sunbeams fall aslant her head's bright gold. The preacher's words sound v<ry faraway ; The sweet-voiced singers chant unheard by me. I watch my darling's upward look, and say Within myself: "Oh! would I were like thee. All else forgot ; thy thoughts have flown above ; Too pure, too high for earth and such aa
I." Just then, with glinting eyes, my little love Leaned close, aud whispered with a smothered agh : " That girl in seal-skin just across the aisle » Thinks I don't know it's plush I" Well, I should smile.
He : "Ah, Miss Mabel, I hope you understand my feelings?" She : " I'm sure I'm quite in the dark !" He : " Then suppose you and I strike a match!"
Old Gentleman (to little boy, who is play* ing soldier) : " Ah, my little man, you're a son of Mars, eh ?"
Little Boy (indignantly) : " Coarse I'm a son of ma's. Didn't suppose I vr»s ft eon of auntie's, djd yer ?''
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1870, 13 February 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)
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181The Stylish Maiden. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1870, 13 February 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)
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