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"Sophy," he said, "I have found the lost key ofHynds House"

A WOMAN NAMED SMITH

BY

MARIE CONWAY OEMLER

author of
SLIPPY McGEE, Etc.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

1919

ELIZABETH HEYWARD OEMLER

Sometimes my Little Girl.

When you were yet an Awful Baby,
And bawled o' bed-time, I said "Maybe
It is not best to spank or scold her:
Suppose a fairy-tale were told her?"
And gave you then, to my undoing,
The wolf Red Riding-Hood pursuing;
Sang Mother Goose her artless rhyming;
Showed Jack the Magic Beanstalk climbing;
Three Little Pigs were so appealing,
You set up sympathetic squealing!
Then, Bitsybet, you had your mother—
You bawled until I told another!

The Awful Baby's gone. Here lately
You bear your little self sedately.
You've shed your rompers; you want dresses
Prinked out with frillies; fluff your tresses;
Delight your daddy, aunts, and mother;
And sisterly set straight your brother.
Your bib-and-tucker days abolished,
Your manners and your nails are polished.
One baby trait remains, thank glory!
You're still a glutton for a story.
Still, Bitsybet, you beg another:
So here's one for you from

YOUR MOTHER.

i. The Scarlet Witch Departs

ii. And Ariel Makes Music

iii. The Dear Little God!

iv. The Hyndses of Hynds House

v. "Thy Neighbor as Thyself"

vi. Glamoury

vii. A Bright Particular Star

viii. Peacocks and Ivory

ix. The Judgment of Spring

x. The Forest of Arden

xi. The Jinnee