Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1901 — THE CIRCULATING VALENTINE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE CIRCULATING VALENTINE

Cktrlif and Willie were bosom friends—dear friends—they knew not why; Intimate, confidential friends, friends of the deepest dye. • •«••••• Mays and Sue were likewise chums—dear cbums-io tried and true; Ik* fondest, lovlngest chums, who told each other all they knew. • •••••ee With a happy smile Maye went to the Post, With a heart so blithe and gay, for the Valentine she knew would come from h>r Willie dear that day. 'And Into her maiden bosom quick It went as She stralgbtwuy flew ®o open the same, and her trusting heart, to her darling, loving Sue. When Sue had scanned the skewered hearts, with Cupid ling'rlng nigh, Che gave a "sniff, ,T and quick her noee turned upward to the sky. •'Why, darling Sue! how can you, dear? Why do you treat inc so?” Quoth Sue: “I sent that thing to Willie |ust a yenr ago.” *JPhe wicked, horrid map!” cried Maye, with vengeance In her eye JBat In humiliation deep sue soon began to ■"There!^ darling pet! dry up those tears; It circulates, you see, • Poe two years slnre It was that Charley sent the same to me. Done up, and safely stored away, ’twill serve another day. When the new love comes, with his vows and tears, and the old has fled away.”