Life — December 2, 1901 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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&— SSE ac rT] Na WHENE'RK YOU STROLL “MID MOSSY LOGS. OBSERVE THIS SIMPLE RELY, BE CAREVCL, LAD, AND DO NOT ROUSE, TUR NASAL NICKLE-DROOL, A Christmas Call. IERILY around each gable Scemed the noisy north to grieve, When I went to call on Mabel At the shut of Christmas ev Every slope was samite-sheeted, And above the hills afar Gloriously my vision greeted ‘The irradiant lover's star. Down the stairs came Mab, a picture Yor a master brush to paint ; And I know you'll make no stricture When I say she looked a saint. Fairily around her floated Something like a scarf of mist, HIS PREY WE STIPLES IN THR POLDS OF BOTH IIS PAN-LIKE RARS, AND MUNCTIES ON MIS VICTIM'S THOUGHTS: WITH EYES SUFFUSED WITH TRAKS. And her parted lips, I noted, Were the color to be kissed. You may haply be a scorner Of the Jady known as Fate ; But if seated in a corner On a cozy tle-a-téte, With a maid like Mabel by you, In, I'l wager, Fate will walk With the rascal Love, and spy you, And intrude into the talk. So it chanced with us; we'd chatted Of the opera and y How the latest 1 flatted Ina most distressing way Of the dinners and the dances; O1 Scciety’s last whim ; Of Miss This and That—their chances In the seething social swim. Then unconsciously we'd drifted On to canters in the park ; Whence to summer-tide we'd shifted, And to boat-rides after dark. (From the trend of conversation You will note that Love and Fate Had crept in, and taken station Very near that t(le-a-t/te Then—but why prolong a lecture On a point devoid of doubt? You can readily conjecture How the sequel came about. When I summed each Christmas present Twas this way I made a start— Item one: (the thought was pleasant!) From Miss Mabel Blank—a heart! Clinton Scollard. Agreed. Nop: Well, at last I have found a subject upon the merits of which my wife and I have the most perfect unanimity. Topp : Do tell me what it is. “Our new baby.” Proposing Under Difficulties. CHARACTERS. FTE: A timid young man JD very much in love with SHE. HEis trembling on the verge of a proposal, Sue: A very pretty girl who adores HE, and who is anxiously awaiting the “SAY, 18 MY CHIMNEY ON STRAIGHT?” 2929360” oe oo PPO comicbooks.com