People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 27-25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1896 — The Fate of a Gift. [ARTICLE]

The Fate of a Gift.

On Christmas morning I gave her, With a reckless impulse, my heart. The gift had a loving savor', And she took it in kindly part. But it was a present and, therefore, I,’m afraid it lies on the shelf; I f t was something she didn’t care for, And something I wanted myself.