FROM THE ARCHIVEApr 16, 1896·Dover, New Hampshire

DISTINGUISHED MAN'S UNREQUITED ATTENTION

Scanned from Foster'S Daily Democrat Current, Apr 16, 1896

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2 A CASE h Tis true a distinguished man pays me. No end of attention just now. Yet neither my brain nor my beauty Attracted his highness. I vow I doubt if he knows.

I have either This man whos called daily for weeks. He owns though to liking the roses Hes helped to bring back to my cheeks. I know there are dozens aye hundreds. He cares for as much as for me.

I know though I watch for his coming. So anxiously now there may be Another whose foststeps will some day Make music more sweet to my ear. Yet now I admit but for this man. My world would be quite out of gear.

He sits by my side here oft holding. My hand while he studies my face His stpadfast eyes seeming my very Souls innermost seoret to trace. Yet neither in his heart nor my heart Does sentiment find the least place. To me he is only the doctor.

To him I am only a case Mary Norton Bradford in Boston Globe T NEARLY A DIVORCE Good morning. Mr Soldene said the solicitor advancing with a professional effusiveness which suggested that the lat est bill.

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