Paused and looked in his brown eyes,
While saying, "I'm so glad to know
You love me truly, dearest Joe."
"Oh, 'tisent that," said honest Joe,
"I wouldn't mind for you to go
Except my mother said to-day,
She'd whip me when you went away."
A Skillet In Society (Alias A Chafing Dish)
(Written for Mrs. Katherine Brown, Indianapolis, Ind.)
