Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-12
BOYS AND GIRLS.
The following original verses were contributed
by a young girl In this county.
The Apple.

The Apple.
I'm r turning his photograph. I'm sending back
And across the nicture written, you're a base
deceitful thing" i.
Oh, I never wonid have thought, in the light oil
He'd have acted quite so selfish. so contemplate
and mean:
Thinks a girl is little better than a plaything or a
TOW.
But nv feelings can't be trampled on and all the
world shall see
That everything Is over WIKI and me.
| Ny courage failed and tears they come when re-
N it'll all its tender memories too beautiful 70 last.
How vs. shared onr candy, apple, gum. and how
he m de a rule.
/ To wait around orr gate and see me, and now he
broke tire rule.
And oh, that blissful moment when he handed me
rose
bumped nv nose
And hiushed as much as 1 did-ah, tits cruel I've
lived t. see
The day when all is over 'twixt -- and me.
II was all about an annle-he thought 7 wasn't nigh
And 7 saw him 90 behind a tree To eat IT on the sly
And his little guilty conscience made him gobble
I. 81 quick
That / thought il wonld have choked him, or have
made him deathlv sick
7 saw that ROSY apple as he hit 1t with a zest.
Ut was one of those big juicy ones-the kind like
the best)
And nv mouth. oh bow it watered as his lips to-
Then I dashed behind the tree and caught the cul-
prit In the act.
At first he tried to fare me ont. but twasn't anv use
For trickling down from his mouth were tell-talt
streams of juice.
And oh. the scent of apple just hung about hi
clothes,
And drove me simply frantic as it played about m!
nose.
I pressed him to confess his crime, he only fhbe'
the more.
When sticking from his pocket 7 observed an appl
core;
And ] snafched this proof of infamy forth from it
hiding place.
And with an air of triumph then shook it IN HI
face.
II was only pride that gave me strength as on tn
ground I threw
The remnant of that applicant l guess he ne We
knew
just what the action cost me, for 1T wasn't hnlshe
quite
And there was vet enough upon it for just on
lovely bite.
But I SCORED it and / threw it with a naughty al
aside
And Just as | was doing it. upon his coat I spied
/, Two long brown hairs Oh confirming m
worst fears.
And with this proof so perfect l burst into tears.
{ There's a yawning gulf existing now'twixt--
and me.
And when he's near the temperature descend
InDSJ TdIitltN
And an ice frigid atmosphere Ger both a sllen'
throws.
(Accentuated somewhat by my elevated nose.)
L forgive him for his fckleness. I've dried the eI
! once wet,
j But there are things we must forgive, but new
+ can forget;
And though upon his Bonded knee for pardon !
L should crave
y Still the memories of that apple l shall carry
my grave.
forgave him for his conduct with that pretty.
l fOrgave his naughty manner and his ice cola dl
dain
/ J can overlook the manners ofthat piggish little e
: when passing cake he always took the bigge
piece HIMSELF
T forgave the cruel injustice, the indifference al
D neglect.
For with the way he's been brought up, what e.
y can YOU expect?
1; But ! never will forgive him, for he broke Il
l.. heart outright
: When he ate that whole big apple without giyi
me a bite,