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Show !l loHl II ' ST. SMITH. " " p If la IIS ft Forty-two times he has run for the doctor, lis fin ft1 Forty-two times he's gone forth in the night, illl Stiff Nervously fastening on his suspenders, IPfff ;iff Hoping as never a bachelor might. RftSfW $bX! fi Forty-two times he has wondered and waited, mum Ij-HfliB" is Pacing the floor with his head in a whirl; mfu ' yli' ' Forty-two times he has heard the announcement: mjiH "It is a boy," or "It's only a girl." ' l 111 Forty-two times the grim nurse has denied him iliPh' w Rights that he proudly supposed were his own; mfm I 4i B' i Forty-two times he has harbored emotions Kill I Pi! mi f Such as the childless man never has known. Hi si! Bn it Forty-two times he has bounded up, hearing UK! f IS BIB ' Tlie flrst snril1 cry of a stranSQ little guest; sBw ' iflBIB Forty-two times he has gone in the morning, hK 1 111 1B Boasting and bragging and swelling his chest. Hot "'iw iHB V Forty-two times he has paid for frail ribbons, BBS1'"' B Paid for soft laces and fluffy affairs. HH $$l fflB Pai(1 for the bottles aiul wnat ls put in them; HI nijjl !1h Forty-two timps ho has shouldered new cares. BHH IliliB Forty-two times he has heard the glad message: BB " ' lirafH "Everything's lovely come in it's all right" IV'ISBfi Forty-two times he has gone for the doctor, ill 1 1h Buttoning up as he rushed through the night. ,) u ill 1 lfl Chicago Record-Herald. lJ, 1 i 1 IB |
