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THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA.

By JEAN C. ARCHER.

LONDON
GRANT RICHARDS.
1902.

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DERBY LONDON & WATFORD]

In Spring,
While softly cooed
The Dove,

Sam
Told Selina of
His Love.

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The Summer Moon smiled on them both,
Selina plighted him her Troth.

But Autumn brought a gayer Swain--
Selina broke it off again.

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'Tis Winter now--
Selina's slack--
She'd give her thumbs to have him back.

Yet--
When they met
She tossed her head;

He
Stared at her and
Cut her dead!

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But Fate at last to them was kind:
It sent
a
Roaring,
Raging
Wind!

Which,
Just as Sam was passing by,
Blew off Selina's Hat!
Oh! My!

Sam
Caught it--by a daring jump.

Selina's
Heart
went
Thump! Thump!! Thump!!!

"Oh, Sam!" she cried;
Tears dimmed her sight--
And after that it all came right.

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They made it up--and very soon
They started on their Honeymoon.

Selina proved a model wife,
Her Sam was all her joy in life;
She fetched his shoes and darned his hose,
And sympathized with all his woes.

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And,
As she let him have his say,
He loved her more from day to day;
And--on her birthday--for a spree,
Took her to the Menagerie.

She revelled in the Monkey Walk,
Where Apes, of motley hue,
Each jumped--upon a yellow stick--
All shining and brand new.

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And picture, children, how the Snarks
Rejoiced her frugal mind;
They ate the Buns, they ate the Bag,
And even stale cheese rind.

The Jub-jub birds Selina fed,
But