Show RECOVERED HER TREASURES She screamed in terror when her purse Was snatched from out her jeweled hand And hurled a modest semicurse Toward the fleeting bold brigand And when the copper caught the thief She seized the purse with anxious aIr And breathed a sigh of sweet relief To find her treasures all were there A pencilled note Her fellow wrote A sugar plum A wad of gum A hairpin bent A copper cent A buttonhook With broken crook A safety pin A curling tinA tin-A powder rag A sachet bag I These were the treitsures which she none I Around with her from store to store While on t 1 shopping tour to seeThe see-The many pretty things which she Would love to bpy if she but had The cash and with a smile so glad It almost made the topper sneeze She thanleed him and wHll sprightly ease Tripped on to seek anoth store Or two where she could shop pome more Denver Evening Post |