The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-16
@w ganna aaMs.
MSS MUSLIN SENDS 4 TALEyTIYE.

| ''1SL-' Oh ~ no Il LEA Nv n
WY n.y. cried little Miss Muslin, of Quintilliol
1 hue stood for moment in doubt on the stair
M; nau almost forgotten heard papa saw
us morning at breakfast twas Valentines Day
WEN. never to let it go by. am sure
no1,st sending one valentine off if not more
10 Soc hurry down street Just fast as | can
' "nat can buy of the Valentine Man."
"he oa the Valentine Man. saw Miss Muslin
He Jumped from b;s obo;r Nv, +ho .+o,o ,,;4L
grin. ~ VA "''N 'A'ii c
ana And bowling profoundly, he babe her good-day
i w il49lred: Ali what can do for you, pray
Z ba S,entlne! Dear me! You come just in time
d;m!u Just one more left-which is yours for d
A"O 0no be cheap, assure you, at double the
FOR you never in all your life saw one so funny "
go 90 little Miss Muslin, of Quintillion Square.
a. ~ vpened her purse with business-like air
~ oo3k out the money, when-I declare for it,
T Tho 'aEentne purchased, she sooner saw it
laughter. WIN
S"io Of! unable to speak for some minutes there
1 1 an an sure daren't even describe it to yOu
too. III 'i'o s'iile MANNER
D"' recovering herself, she soon bought an en-
n mnu putting the valentine in sealed it well nm
fi ant Oegglng the valentine man to direct it
'A4ee s aet father, for whom it meant, should
~ suspect it
Came from her) she received If and bastenad
away
i postit at once so he'd get it that day.
W0Ethe laugh when he sees it!' she said, in
! Angifs Won't have the faintest idea it's from
( beP
As you well may imagine that evening. at tea,
Miss Muslin was anxiOusly waiting to see
What her father would say; and her heart began
beating
Like trip-lammer when she observed him stop
eating
All at once, as if suddenly struck by the thought
Of the valentine, which the last mail must have
brought,
And, opening his coat, from his breast-pocket
draw it
(She knew the envelope the minute she saw it,
I've valentine here, said he, which, without
doubt,
Came from somebody here; and mean to find
Which one of you It's. shall hold it up here
In p lain view, and whoever twas sent it, tbs
clear,
Will laugh louder than anyone else-iust to show
They had nothing to do with it. Then | shall
1t was that one who sent it. Here tis-now be-
warel
For knOw it was sent me from Quintillion
STUART.
Poor little Miss Muslin, of Quintillion Square.
When she heard this strange plan sat straight up
in her chair,
And, fixing her eyes with well-assumed scowl
On the teapot, sat looking as grave as an owl
Resolved it should never from Ter looks be
guessed
Who it was sent the valentine. As for the rest,
They no sooner saw it, than swift round the board
Went laugh that increased till they all fairly
roared.
Then our heroine looked up to see what was the
matter,
And found the whole family looking straight at
her;
While her father cried merrily: "Oho. Well
WE'LL
So twas you, miss, who sent it? Ikneac l could
tellr'
% dearp' cried Miss Muslin, in puzzled distress
Why, do not see how in the 1COrid you could
guess!
| am sure that the rest of them laughed all the
while,
And ! never so much as gave vent to a smiler
John BrOWhjOhn, in February Hjde-ACake.