A friend, in such haste," the girl next her
Answered him: "She never did eat."
Though Perrim was still bent on treating
He did not intend to retreat.
Answered him: "She never did eat."
Though Perrim was still bent on treating
He did not intend to retreat.
The next one thought ice-cream was "horrid,"
And laughed showing two rows of pearls,
And one had a terrible headache
And pressed her gloved hand to her curls,
But though they all openly snubbed him
He was none the less fond of the girls;
And laughed showing two rows of pearls,
And one had a terrible headache
And pressed her gloved hand to her curls,
But though they all openly snubbed him
He was none the less fond of the girls;
So as each smiling girl with her escort
Departed to bounties below
Perrim pondered and proved as he pondered
That his odd brain at least was not slow
As alone, but with manner triumphant
To supper he hastened to go—
"Two dozen ice-creams," was his order
And the maidens who sold it said: " Oh!"
Departed to bounties below
Perrim pondered and proved as he pondered
That his odd brain at least was not slow
As alone, but with manner triumphant
To supper he hastened to go—
"Two dozen ice-creams," was his order
And the maidens who sold it said: " Oh!"
Then softly he stepped up behind her
The girl who had been in such haste
As she sat with her beau at the table
All radiant in ribbons and lace,
Her half-eaten dish quick removing
He set a full dish in its place
And stood there, her ice-cream devouring
With a triumphant grin on his face.
The girl who had been in such haste
As she sat with her beau at the table
All radiant in ribbons and lace,
Her half-eaten dish quick removing
He set a full dish in its place
And stood there, her ice-cream devouring
With a triumphant grin on his face.
And the maiden who lived without eating
And the one who was (strange to recall)
Now eating the cream she detested
And the one who was (strange to recall)
Now eating the cream she detested
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