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Her letters stopped; I sought the whirl
Of social pleasures; then for spite
I wooed and wed another girl.
I did not half deserve the bright
And happy life she brought me. So
’Twas not until to-night I found
Myself once more within the flow
Of Fashion's set and Fashion’s .sound.
I waltzed once with my partners wife,
Then in an alcove by the door—
My veins seemed filled with fresh, new life—
I saw a face I'd known before—
’Twas Gertrude. Springing to her side
I poured forth words of passion, then
This girl, who should have been my bride,
Said : “ Jack, you’re just like other men.
And 1 like other women, too.
Once we were foolish, long ago}
But, really, I supposed you knew
’Twas only a flirtation ; so
You see I made the best of fate,
And married quite another one.
Dear Jack, I fear you've come too late—
But let me introduce my so n /’ A t.rekt H ardy.

BOOH I
[Read at the Literary Congress in Chicago, Children’s !Day.]
N afternoons, when baby hoy has had a splendid nap
O And sits, like any monarch on his throne in nurse's lap,

In this peculiar wise I hold my 'kerchief to my face,
And cautiously and quietly I move about the place;
Then, with a cry, I suddenly expose my face to viewr,
And you should hear him laugh and crow when I say “ Booh!"