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Show i 1 THE GAME. I She plays her game with a ready -hand And a steady hand and tiue; I She marked her man, When the game began, J I And she knows him through and through. I hAW Nothing to win, and nothing to lose, I And nothing to choose or care! - I A kiss for the stakes, ' I And if his heart breaks, ! I She is only playing fair. I A smile, a rose, and a maddened fool, t , I A saddened fool and wise! jl I And the woman "won! The game is done i I Dear God! the look in her eyes! by But ah ! Time was ere the woman would, v J Ere the woman could, and now j She owes her skill ' 1 " To the careless will tu Of the man who taught her how! )A Ethel M. Kelley, in the Smart Set. j |