THE ROMANCE OF A BUTTON
II owas about to say udlcu, Was thinking of some word fo flatter, When from his overcoat there flow A button with a dismal clatter. Jle blushed, but sho with woman's tact, As if she saw a good joke in it. Cried, laughingly. ' There, now I'll act You're tailor part for iust a minute.' lie doffed the coat and watched her thread The needle with her head low bending ; ' Now. do you know,' ho softly said, ' 1 ha\ c an aw £ul lot of mending. ' A bachelor, we 11 say, like me, Js at the meicy of his tailor. And then, there's something else, you see' I At this he turned a trifle palor]. * My heart needs mending much. 1 fear; Do you suppose that you can do it ?' ' Well, I don t know,' she minced, ' out dear, I'll give my whole attention to it. 1 Tom ]\I vs^ox, in 'Ladies' Wear Review.'
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 408, 5 October 1889, Page 6
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158THE ROMANCE OF A BUTTON Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 408, 5 October 1889, Page 6
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