emarkably fine.

THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE.

Oh! he was a student of mystic lore;
And she was a soulful girl
All nerves and mind, of the cultured kind
The paragon, pride, and pearl.

They loved with a neo-Concordic love,
Woofed weirdly with wistful woe.
They sat in a glen, remote from men,
Their converse was high and low.

"What marvellous words of marvellous love,
Speak marvellous souls like these?"
I drew me nigh till their faintest sigh
Was heard with the greatest ease.

"'Oo's 'ittle white lammy is 'oo?" breathed he;
"'Oors. 'Oo's lovey-dovey is 'oo?"
"'Oors! 'Oors! Would 'oo k'y if dovey should die?"
"No'p!--tause 'ittle lammy'd die too."

How truthful we poets! The "language of Love"
Is a phrase we employ full oft;
But whenever we do, we prefix thereto,
You've noticed, the adjective "soft."

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Illustration:
"WE TWO TOOK POSSESSION OF THE STAIRS."
--_Page 18._]

[Illustration:
"SEE HER AT PRAYER! HER PLEADING HANDS
BEAR NOT ONE GEM OF ALL HER STORE."
--_Page 4._]

[Illustration:
"THE SUNBEAMS LIT HER GLEAMING HAIR
WITH RIPPLING WAVES OF GOLDEN GLORY."
--_Page 22._]

[Illustration:
"WHAT! GIVE UP FLIRTATION? CHANGE DIMPLES FOR FROWNS?"
--_Page 24._]

[Illustration:
"THE FEET THAT KISSED ITS PAVEMENT
ARE DEEP IN COUNTRY GRASS."
--_Page 59._]

[Illustration:
"AND THE BEAUTIES WE'VE SIGHED FOR ALL SUMMER
ARE HURRYING BACK TO TOWN."
--_Page 62._]

[Illustration:
"YES, JACK, THERE WAS MY BRUNETTE."
--_Page 77._]

[Illustration:
"HOW THE OLD PORTRAITS TAKE YOU BACK."
--_Page 83._]

[Illustration:
"A LADY IN SEALSKIN--EYES OF BLUE,
AND TANGLED TRESSES OF SNOW-FLECKED GOLD."
--_Page 89._]

[Illustration:
"BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO SIT ON THE RAILING--
YOU SEE THERE IS ONLY ONE CHAIR."
--_Page 92._]

[Illustration:
"READING? YES, BUT NOT FROM A NOVEL;
FISHING! TRULY, BUT NOT WITH A ROD."
--_Page 109._]

[Illustration:
"THE DEBUTANTES ARE IN FORCE TO-NIGHT,
SWEET AS THEIR ROSES, PURE AS TRUTH."
--_Page 122._]

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