The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-28
THE DISENCHANTMENT
OF MARY BURNS.
She Thought She Was Poetess, but
Finally Found Kind Friend to
Tell Her That She Was Not.
BY w. r. ROSE.
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She was pretty girl. Her complexion
! was red and white, her hair heavy aD'
black and wavy, her figure neat and trim
Unfortunately she tried to improve he
complexion with strong suspicion o
rouge. backed by powder galore, and she
| frizzed her wavy hair. Her figure sht
couldn't very well disIort, although sht
had tried various times to cinch int
smaller compass her rather generous
waist. Her wardrobe wasn't much L
boast of, but there were many rutfles tt
it and a generally fused up suggestion
Still, take her all in ALL she was very
presentable girl in her holiday attre-ii
you could forgive her the dab of rouge
and the powder streaks on her dimpled
cheeks.
Mary Burns was girl with literary
tastes. At least that was an impression
regarding herself which she took good
care to encourage. She believed that she
was genius on the way--and very near
the arriving point. She was writer,
both of prose and verse, and her writings
were very pleasing and encouraging to
Mary Burns. True, she had but little
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word OIL pra'se raises hef 10 'he seventh
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tela 10 iooh IL over anu sA''h II tnroush'
ana l. raise OF io"er my eyebrows mere
anu lhere' anu sometimes i hou WIN s"-
plei'le su''sl"c''on' aug 'neh 'e', ner
tnat Soit ol STUN is rcan! 100 soou ior
pam ord'har! new spaper WORK. ana she
must save IL ior DOCK lorh'' ana inc
Johy goes anu So uoeS shc presently anu
my aofo't praise OF her haillns rhymes
Is as sooa as IL sne S"" inc uossere' Ill
uo"pie co'u''ll' o'a r''s',sh' WIN al prin,
heh'ai frame, OH our ntst page zen
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IN iaifyiahd as long as 'he Jo'ly lastS'
Ahd II VII! last all rlSht unless you TEL
lows wreck II.
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trafF. lhey heiped IL along. bApy, the
sporting GATOR Knew mat mary burns
was just Dehihu MN when ne saio 10
Natit"i' lhcv teli me mat "a'ueek nus
discovered diamond IN me roash III that
prisnl NIUE siii WIN oiaeA inlr anu ,osy
cheehs VINO COMES up mere oceas'oiat'y
les suiu 'ariioh' catenils 'he CUE
'hes say He, poetry Is so'i,e,h'iis quitt
inspired "aldeck lens ilic sne 100 goou
lor newspaper "ork. Anu ,heh ,hes
phSseu alohs 'he NUT 'ea'ihs mary VIM
was ciose pchiia thein' III warm sio"
VI sratinea dei'sht.
ana brissss, "h" ,iau qu',e sit III
'ns h'ihs' sot "a'ue'N ~ iet nun nave
oie VI ile' "'iestu poeiiis aiiu 'ul IL uo""
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"oru mere anu lnere anu s'looih.''s 'ne
n,e'e' '.iah'sr. 10 make qo',e ia'r NIUE
en"r' Vi IT, a''''N ecu 10 "sr II tht
ioi'o"lhs oui'u"!' anu ,"eh ne 'oia mar!
'n"t w. n'u,t ""Sh 'ons ehous" ioi
snpS'ahllal SHl i'trrars signature.
. we '''s' 'nk.nen !, ou'' - he saiu.
nat 40 70" ~, ,n'nh u teei',a' MARY
otri''a ", burns na' "o' u"u' ;.
ne u'hs''eu MnrS usie.o s.a'
WASH !, anu 50 oi 'he ,ol'ow'ns ouluas
nv ~. ''t.'e ',,se appe"ieu WIN Mn''
',''a p"'ns pcii'"''' IT, anu ti"'' wen
Wary WIS On tne 'ooi u Tue se'eh'n
"rHr'n W.. '',i' 'l','e. IT,
WIN '"o au'tn' VI 'neee ''''es' nlu
mary never appe"te' u le'oIh'"e 'h' t"'t
'h"t anspous ia" ''u'h," 'ie,.l uP' ner
s'il assurance increased 'ehip'uI one
,t't 'h"t she ""s hurry ,a""ehcu on
'''r'rs Ga!eei' ''ne ue'"'n' ''i',e ''an.
TO her wr'''hs' sue even S,arteo h't ae'
pi'!' oh,c wees s'ie '''''peu 'nr 'ons
st"irs leadshs 10 the n'"n"slnE edl'or
room ana ,'s't''u 10 MS ''at'e['"s ef',i-
,'7i'lS anu ms h'''ulS "u''ee' ann sd" luz
pp!s VI 'he ileNs'oonl io'Ee o,e "h
o'pci III nu'n'','s ave "nen sue ,n"n''u
u ''eet 'nehl III 'ne ItinnS ] n"n"'y'
AS was iia',r"l' Mary burns iihu
lover. sne haa many admirers, n", 'le,e
was one Ill Par'lt"iar' ia'oreu ny Mary
patehis' VINO hau hoii"h tommy par
"h's III ',.e oiu country ~ ana 'a'ofeu II
li''ie ny MARY nerse',' 1on'.'y i"'c'i'