GROSS DECEPTION.

Wistfully down the street she strolled,

From side to side her eyes she rolled,

Till far away her eyes she cast

On the grateful form of a man at last.

She smoothed her hair and she quickened her pace,

Hoping she’d meet him face to face;

But when she reached him she felt awful sore:

’Twas a figure of wax in front of a store!

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