THE OLD, OLD STORY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 12, 29 July 1898, Page 10

THE OLD, OLD STORY.

I CHOSE him out from all the rest My Tom— he had three lovely brothers • But— well— he seemed to like me best Ot all the girls. Oh. there were others Th it wanted him, but, somehow, he, Right lrorn the first, kept after me. He was so splendid ! B.g and kind And calm, and full of mischief very. A romp seemed always to his mind, While I was rather prim than merry, Ytt when he was my own, I f It How fond a lover near me dwelt. Ala- ! There came a time of change ; He cared no more tor ho i c or quiet. His moods were reckless, wild, and strange ; Night after night he spent in riot, Returning 1 when the dawnlight came Quite heedless of reproach or blame. And oo it went, till months were past. I was too proud to bang or beat him, Or pull his whiskers— yet, at last, He left me. Now I sometime meet him ; He has «ro\vn ugly, old, and lat — My handsome Maltese Thomas eat —Madeline 8. Bridges in the Ladies Home Journal.