REPLEVIN.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 4, 27 October 1877, Page 3

REPLEVIN.

He was a youth all simpleuess, And ulioa maiden full of wiles; How could the rustic ever guess That mischief lurked beneath such smiles ? She did not wish his heart to break Fur pastime ere she went to town, But just to keep herself awake, And win, perhaps, some slight renown. She flirted with him at the well. She flirted with him in the wagepn, And at her meals—though, truth to tell, His mother watched her liked a dragon. He cut her pencils when she drew, He cut her mime on several 1 .lies— In fact, he did Ins best he knew, And rucked his brain for pretty speeches. The thin-we„t en some little while. i Until at last the maul grew weary; Shu could not always raise a smile.' I The country, too, was growing drearv. : She thought she'd try a new effect. And so, without the slightest warning, .-'he -aid to lur llirtee-elcet,

i She scanned his face for signs of grief, I Bui what slip mw surprised her slightly; A lnnk ,„•„„,„ i,,.,,, ii.f I Appeared there, mhl hemiswered brightlv: "I'm ll.auii il- !■.»—l in ■.:. towiv, I hope vou'll find some other fellows To flirt with, if you come our way Again, for Sue's uiost awful jealous! •' I've tried to tell von, but somehow 1 always felt s„ dreadful sheepish, i And next thing, ther'd'a been a row, i For really il was petting deepish ! You see, we're promised Sue and me— ! She's bright, though she's not had much i schooling— 1 She said last night she'd set me free, Unless I'd say I'd quit this fouling! "Of course, T said 1 would, btu then I wonder what vou'd think about me, I thought I'd catch it. sure again. You vemed so lonesome-like without me ; I never thought that you might hear From some one else of my engagement, I But ma's been tellin'vou, it's clear!" He wondered what her look of rage meant! —" Scribner for April."