1897 Imago

Dedicated to Our Girls, by the Professor iri Charge. GOT HIM DOWN TO A STEADY THING. "For every shooting star he claimed a kiss, She seeming coy, at first demurred at this; But he, persisting, would not be denied When he at length a flying meteor spied. And so, as evening grew apace, their eyPs Oft scanned the glittering aspect of the skies; And when a darting star caught either's sight A sound of kissing broke upon the night. And so it came to pass anon that she Looked for a shooting star as much as he. Nay, ifby chance a star escaped his view, She called his wand'ri ng fancy to 1t, too. When intervals seemed long between each hug, She called him on a passing lightning bug; And ever taxing her ingenious mind Her ready wit enabled her to find More shooting stars in three short, fleeting hours Than would compose whole meteoric bowers. But when she did her last pretext exhaust And was about to yield her cause as lost, She saw a switchman's lantern circling swing And got the youth down to a steady thing." +3