kind,
And it's funny, but neither did she!

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AKIN TO LOVE.

Out of pity married Chaucer,
She had been upon the shelf,
For same reason he'll divorce her,
Pity--this time for himself!

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SPORTS!

He thought she was wealthy; she thought he was too,
Not thinking each other a grafter,
They found out between them there wasn't a sou--
So they laughed and lived happily after!

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INEVITABLE.

This happy young bride is a girl we all know,
Who swore that she never would wed,
When she'd been out of school a fortnight or so
She accepted misogynist Ned!

[Illustration: Three one dime coins]

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THEY _WILL_ DO IT!

Both poor as Job's turkey and not overstrong--
Hold a three dollar job the man couldn't--
We are forced to conclude that they married because
There was every good reason they shouldn't!

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NO FALLING OFF.

Paul told her lovely fairy tales when she was but a child,
She loved him far above all other men.
Tho' they've been married quite a while, the tales he tells her now
Are quite as good as those he told her then!

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WANTED A CHANGE.

Young Twentyperr looked carefully before a wife he took,
His wife would have to know a thing or two,
He wanted to be certain that his spouse knew how to cook
The way his mother didn't use to do!

[Illustration: THIS IS A PEACH]

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IT'S ONLY TOO TRUE.

"That woman married!" I hear you exclaim,
Your knowledge of people is small,
There is always some chump who will whisper "Je T'aime!"
While real peaches are left by the wall!

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HIGH FINANCE.

Jonas Granitt married and he knew that he was cute,
A Mrs. Drudge, his housekeeper, no less,
For he owed her two years wages--you'll admit he was astute,
Now he doesn't owe her anything, I guess!

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SHE GOT TIRED OF IT.

They are married and Maudie looks quite worn out,
It's no wonder--he pestered her so,
He proposed forty thousand and ninety-six times--
Every ti