In Merry Measure

CONTENTS PAGE -- Fifteen Minutes to Spare, . . . I The Victor, . . 3 Reassured, . . . 4 Her Friend, . . 6 Visitors, . . . 7 The Regular Army 0, . . . . 8 The Longest Way Round, . . . 10 To a Fair Saint, . I I Two Violets, . . I 2 After the Play, . I 3 Saint and Sinner, . I 4 Broadway, . . . 16 Song of a Winner, . I 7 The One Thing Needful, . . . I 8 Friehdship, . . . I 9 To New York, . 20 Her Aunt, . . . 21 Profundity, . . . 22 Invocation to the Year, . . . . 23 May, . . . 24 Too Soon, . . . 26 PAGE No Change, . . 26 The Considerate Girl, . . . . 27 In High Society, . 28 HisLimit, . . . 36 Not Strange, . . 38 At Last, . . 39 His Light Put Out, 40 Settles at Last, . . 40 My Poker Girl, . 41 Corrected, . . . To an Old Dress Coat, . . . . Loves Iron Rule, T o a Diamond Ring, Lib, . . . . . Why, . . . . The Missing Key, . Progress, . . All I Ask, . . . The Saddest of All, The Sweet Girl Graduate, . . Some Ancestral Reflections, . . . 52 The Real Heaven, . 53 In Youth, . . . 54 Chant of a Grateful New Yorker, 56 Their Lesson, . . . 5 8 Nemesis, . . . 59 Miss Brown of Toledo, . . . . 60 To a Lost Love, . 6 1 Wonder What Im Going toGet . 62 Under the Mistletoe, . . . 63 C h a n g i n g H e r Mind, . . . 64 InLeapYear, . . 66 PAGE My Vacation, . . . 79 The Summer Girl, 80 When My S hip Came In, . . 82 A Willing Invalid, . 8 3 In Love, . . . 84 HerExcuse, . . 86 The Educated Wife, 87 Only Six Months More, . . . 89 On Looking at an Oldportrait, . go Afterwards, . . . gz Hard, . . . . 93 An A d a p t a b l e To You, . . . 66 Poem, . . . 93 The W e l c o m e Guest, . . . 67 The Wicker Chair She Sat In, . . 68 Evicted, . . . 69 The Reflections ofa Mirror, . . . 69 His Wife, . . . 70 A Wish, . . . 7 INot a Coquette, . 72 I Love You, . . 73 One Room More, . 74 The Hotel Hope, . 75 Ghosts, . . . . 76 Loves Paradox, . 77 Ad Infinitum, . . 78 Absurd, . . . . 94 T o M a b e l, . . . 95 The Same Girl, . 96 Enough, . . . 97 The Fairies Christmas Ball, . . . 98 A Condition, . . 99 A Want, . . . IOO Better Still, . ., . I 01 Transformation, . 102 Loves Round, . . I 03 My Comrade, . . 104 A Tragedy, . . 105 Men Are Deceivers Ever, . . . 106 Jogity-Jog, . . . 107 vi CONTENTS I PAGE Not the Same Girl, 108 The Romance of a Button, . . . I 10 Loves Lesson, . . I r o His Quest, . . . I I I An Impossible Girl, I I 2 Disillusionment, . I I 3 My Ornaments, . I I j No, . . . . . I 1 5 A Womans Way, . I I 6 A Few Wants, . . I I 7 The Cause, . . I I 7 TooMuch, . . 118 The Dying Buzzer, I I 8 Desolat on, . . . I 20 A Fair Return, . I 2 I How a Valentine is Wrought, . . 122 A Warning, . . I 23 A Candid Lover, . I 23 He Took Her, . . 124 How She Accepted Him, . . . . 1 2 5 Longings, . . . I 26 Anonymous, . . I 27 My Dancing Girl, . I 28 What It Is, . . . I 3 0 The Stupid Man, . I 3 I . . . . . I 3 1 His Reason, . . I 32 Her Answer, . . I 3 3 PAGE The Laugh That C o m e s W i t h Years, . . I34 The Talkative Girl, I 3 5 Just the Thing, . . I 3 5 December, . . . 136 A Modern Journalist, . . . . 1 3 8 Unchanged, . . I 3 9 On a Summer Evening, . . . -. I39 Annabel Lee Up-todate, . . . . 140 The Serenader, . . I 42 Defied, . . . . 1 4 2 Lonely, . . . I 4 3 Depths, . . . 143 She Didnt Like Men, . . I44 Strange, . . I44 Angelina, . . . 145 Little B o b b i e s Christmas Tree, . I 46 A Modern Courtship, . . . I47 The Kiss, . . . 148 Her Invitation, . . 149 T o A Modern Maid, . . . I 50 A Great Relief, . I 5 I WhenI Get Time, I 52 FIFTEEN MINUTES TO SPARE AT exactly fifteen minutes to eight His step was heard at the garden gate...