Herman was in love with Violet, the wife of Armand, an elderly diabetic.

Armand showed three per cent of sugar a day. Herman and Violet, who were

Christians, awaited with virtuous patience the termination of Armand's

distressing malady.

One day Dr. Frederick M. Allen discovered his cure for diabetes.

5.

_Victory._

"I wooed and won her," said the Man of His Wife.

"I made him run," said the Hare of the Hound.

_XV.--VERS LIBRE_

_XV.--Vers Libre_

Kiss me on the other eye;

This one's wearing out.

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| Transcriber's Notes and Errata |

| |

| 'oe' ligature has been converted to individual letters 'o' |

| and 'e'. |

| |

| One instance of a letter 'r' with caron above has been |

| rendered as plain 'r'. [Dvorák] |

| |

| The following words (number of instances in parentheses) are |

| found both in hyphenated and unhyphenated forms. |

| |

| to-morrow (7) tomorrow(1) |

| vestry-room (2) vestryroom (1) |

| wood-wind (3) woodwind (1) |

| stone cutters (1) stonecutters (1) |

| |

| The following typographical errors have been corrected. |

| |

| Error Correction |

| get gets |

| striken stricken |

| lavendar lavender |

| Judus Judas |

| hynotize hypnotize |

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