New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-24

Inst til halr-pas she stays
Half past on Saturdays
Very charming are her ways.
And her looks
Whom I'm tired Of working III
Sit and watch her for awhile.
Wasting frown and dimplcd smilo
on the page
or some treatise bound in calf;
Looking made 10 love and laugh
would court her were hair
or my age.
OFT I've aided her to chase
Volumes missing from the case.
or a dictiGnarys place
To discover.
so we pass the time OF day,
When She comes or goes away
DO her pretty bushes say
TO lover?
Then try to feel resigned
IT'S but fitting she should hnd
Some one young and strong and kind
To caress her.
Mine is love platonic quite;
But there's something drns my ssn'
When / take my pen and write
May God bless her!
1.ucv docking down)-Don't you call II sWeetf
Mothcr tdoubtfully) Isn't 1t rather-wen
not exactly stupid --
Lucy fhorrinedD- Mother,
Mother Well frec-and easy? liz that ths
word U.ucy pouts) Lacking IN dignity, tnen'
Iucy oh YOU like such od-fashioned STUN
mother Milton ana SHY O'u ""'"''
orously1 | don't. .s
Mother We'll my dear. am more interested
in tho writer From the-cr verses, ne wou"
appear to be quite an old gentleman
Lucy oquickly) He's only forty-'hrec.
Mother (reprovingly) How do you KNOW
Lucy (shylyp He told mo
Mother How did h. come to talk 10 yo"
Lucy? II, o,,o IN.
Lucy Why you see. had to ask some ons
where 10 get books when | couldn't ma mem
Gnsinuaiinglyl You've no idea how nara IL
nh
Mother (scvcrcly) Surely that did not neces-
state intimate conversation ahIu, aE's, in
Lucy Oh that wasn't till this morning IN
Mother II was very forward and unlady'ike
- I,, ~" ,,ut mother. when you hrst met
Mother dastuy)- Oh that was different au'''
diff,r.ut Eut tell me about this morning
Lucy Chlushinrp Wen. | though, the 'erS'
must bc meant FOR me.
Mother Naturally. 49,. .Aor,
I.ucy. And that he must have written tnc,. men.
Won 90. n, always sits ut ola And thougn'
II was vcry-vcry impudcnt OF MN
Mother Exceedingly impud.nt. th'hh
Lucy And wanted To tell hun s."
Mother TIN, That was hardy he''SS"'''
Lucy wouldn't you have wanted to. mother
when you we're "A Eirl! u,..,
Mother laughing) wei / mHh' ha'c' "
did you do? =, $500. -,
Lucy -Oh looked cross as could ever I"
cross and said Good morning
Mother eagerly What did he say
Lucy Oh he said Good morning" too!
Mother We'll?
Iur,-I drew myself UP and said. can You
tell m, II th,y keep an index Of writer's az verses
In pcriodicalS?' He said. what sort OF verses.
81 Ike these ridiculous things" | answered
Mother critically Wasn't that rather rude'
Lucy Well had To pretend | mean was
cross Hut he only laughed. I'm afraid no on
troubles to index cphcmerai verses. he said
"Why do YOU want to know?
Mother lcxcitcd) And YOU said
Lucy Because | generally sat at Oh. ana
didn't like any one To tell such stories about me.
Then he told mo that he didn't quite see what
there To object ton fact. the verses,
though poor ones seemed to be- earnest, and GER
tainly intended To be complimentary Indeed.
far he could judge they were very truth
ful
Mother collectively We'll. | am inclined 10
agree
Lucy (shocked)- Oh mother Truthful, About
my going away To meet lover? To 10 caress
me?
Mother Did you tell him your objection?
Lucy Yes. and he said that doubt the
writer would he pleased to correct that part. lie
rather thought he knew the initials; should he
try to find out the writer and introduce him
Mother (smiling)-I guess what happened
then.
Lucy said | expected he was some stupid.
ugly. vulgar old penny -a-ner-
Mother Tebukingly)-
Lucy did Then he said he thought tho
writer was no doubt stupid and ugly and OLD