YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3?' ] K THE CHRISTY GIRL DRAWINGS BY HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY DECORATIONS BY EARL STETSON CRAWFORD 4 INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS 6 copyright, 1906 The Bobbs-Mekrill Company November ^ox^^-Q^QaL ^Ju£ 4' THE CH RrSTy%T RL "^ c ,d « *f'\Ai y^^ ^-"^ crx *#CX^ j^—^ RISTyXiIRL MD Lo ! framed in hyacinthine hair, I see thy lustrous loveliness ; It breathes of realms beyond the air, And makes our mortal mould ex press Those looks that only angels wear. KH I'm in love with your gowns, your pompadour hair, Your laughter, your elegant lan guor, Your very high heel, and your very high air, And the very high red of your an- If on the clustering curls of thy dark hair, And the pure arching of thy pol ished brow, We only gaze, we fondly dream that thou Art one of those bright ministers who bear, Along the cloudless bosom of the air, Sweet solemn words, to which our spirits bow, — With such a holy smile thou look- est now, ' And art so soft and delicately fair. ^Hiiiil'Wki CJlfl*tV h My Love she loves me not to-day, But knits her brows and turns away; She seems inclined to disagree And keep herself aloof from me. Not much I care ; these many days I've known her little teasing ways; And when her mood is cross and vain CT A , i.-. di'Wh CJirl*^ A aa-JJ*TUI