[Illustration:
"WE TWO TOOK POSSESSION OF THE STAIRS."
--_Page 18._]
[Illustration:
"SEE HER AT PRAYER! HER PLEADING HANDS
BEAR NOT ONE GEM OF ALL HER STORE."
--_Page 4._]
[Illustration:
"THE SUNBEAMS LIT HER GLEAMING HAIR
WITH RIPPLING WAVES OF GOLDEN GLORY."
--_Page 22._]
[Illustration:
"WHAT! GIVE UP FLIRTATION? CHANGE DIMPLES FOR FROWNS?"
--_Page 24._]
[Illustration:
"THE FEET THAT KISSED ITS PAVEMENT
ARE DEEP IN COUNTRY GRASS."
--_Page 59._]
[Illustration:
"AND THE BEAUTIES WE'VE SIGHED FOR ALL SUMMER
ARE HURRYING BACK TO TOWN."
--_Page 62._]
[Illustration:
"YES, JACK, THERE WAS MY BRUNETTE."
--_Page 77._]
[Illustration:
"HOW THE OLD PORTRAITS TAKE YOU BACK."
--_Page 83._]
[Illustration:
"A LADY IN SEALSKIN--EYES OF BLUE,
AND TANGLED TRESSES OF SNOW-FLECKED GOLD."
--_Page 89._]
[Illustration:
"BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO SIT ON THE RAILING--
YOU SEE THERE IS ONLY ONE CHAIR."
--_Page 92._]
[Illustration:
"READING? YES, BUT NOT FROM A NOVEL;
FISHING! TRULY, BUT NOT WITH A ROD."
--_Page 109._]
[Illustration:
"THE DÉBUTANTES ARE IN FORCE TO-NIGHT,
SWEET AS THEIR ROSES, PURE AS TRUTH."
--_Page 122._]
End of Project Gutenberg's Point Lace and Diamonds, by George A. Baker, Jr.