j Preadventure—A Verse or Two. What must be must be, little one, The brown hair turn to gray, And the soul‘like the light of the early night Slip gently far away. • —Ya THE LANGUAGE OP FLOWERS. It was after the Prat house dance, you know, That they rested together awhile on the stair; And each of the girls wore a carnation red Tucked in her bosom or twined in her hair. And each of the men slyly laughed to his chum To see the success of his deep-laid plan; Por each red carnation so gracefully worn Was proof that the girl had been kissed by a 1 THE ROSE. It’s smiling leaflets all bedewed With nature’s fairest drops; pursued By morning rays in their delight That smiling zephyrs oft have wooed; Oh, lovely rose! Fast fading flower, Thy life is but a spft, sweet strain, To die away, and ne’er return again; Thy fairest leaf must fall away, Tliy withering stem must see decay— And yet, thou hast not lived in vain, Sweet dying flower, A letter and a conversation. “And women aren't cruel—O Grace You remember the day that I met you ? So you think that the years can efface All the pain of it! Learn to forget you— Let some other girl take you place.— God knows that I’d like to! But there,—? I thank you for thinking that of me! But sometimes —afterwards —if you care Think of me—with nobody to love me. But no more of that. Yours in despair.— “ What’s this? Mrs. Malcom Montclair At Home. Monday, the third of November—” “ Who’s that, Bess?" “ I don’t know, I declare- Grace McKenzi ? Oh yes, I remember, That girl with dark eyes and red hair." —Southern
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