A MISTAKEN GIRL.
I thoiight she was a lovely sight. as daintily arrayed in white, With rosy cheeks and glances bright, That summer day She played croquet ; Until beneath a shady tree I stopped to rest, whioh chanced to be Where in the kitchen I could see, That summer day She played croquet ; And there alono in that hot placo Her mother stood with careworn face, And ironed a gown all frills and lace. That summer day She played croquet : A gown, the very counterpart Of that she wore with witching art ; And so she did not win my heart That summer day Sho played croquet.
Mr Waldtouful, the woll-known valse composer and whilom orchestral director at the court balls during the last French Empire, has just died at Strasburg ; aged 83,
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 85, 17 January 1885, Page 4
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132A MISTAKEN GIRL. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 85, 17 January 1885, Page 4
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