THE BROWNIES IN FEBRUARY.

They round the dictionary press’d

To choose the words that suited best
To tell of Love’s undying flame

That at first sight or meeting came,
nwa And ever warm and warmer glowed

As time still greater beauty showed.

A Brownie has a level head,

Although perhaps not college-bred,

And knows just when to stop and start,
Or round a phrase to catch the heart;

And though sarcastic flings at men

They may indulge in now and then,

The earnest, active Brownie mind

To thoughts of love is more inclined;

So hearts and arrows, in the main,

The Brownies’ missives did contain.

When every picture was complete

And all the verses had their feet,

The Brownies wrote addresses down

And started promptly through the

town,

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To soon distribute, as they planned,

In humble homes and mansions grand,

The valentines that were designed

To mystify the human kind.

They climbed up winding stairs so higk

Their breath gave out ere they were nigh
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