Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 225
MARY JANE WAVES HER PARASOL. The monster turns at her approach, It shakes its ample tail;Take heart, O Benjamin ! thy love Will neither quake nor quail. Her parasol that venturous maid Exalted oer her head ;Thrice waved it in the air, and lo ! Straightway the monster fled. … Then tarried not that joyous pair Fond vows of love to make,But to the house of Mary Jane Themselves they did betake. [As the cow runs away, Benjamin gets down andapproaches Mary Jane till almost close to her.Then, if both lean forward, the above affectingtableau is produced. They then take…
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