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"Sophy," he said, "I have found the lost key ofHynds House"

A WOMAN NAMED SMITH

BY

MARIE CONWAY OEMLER

author of
SLIPPY McGEE, Etc.

 

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS     NEW YORK

1919

To

ELIZABETH HEYWARD OEMLER

Sometimes my Little Girl.

When you were yet an Awful Baby,
And bawled o' bed-time, I said "Maybe
It is not best to spank or scold her:
Suppose a fairy-tale were told her?"
And gave you then, to my undoing,
The wolf Red Riding-Hood pursuing;
Sang Mother Goose her artless rhyming;
Showed Jack the Magic Beanstalk climbing;
Three Little Pigs were so appealing,
You set up sympathetic squealing!
Then, Bitsybet, you had your mother—
You bawled until I told another!

The Awful Baby's gone. Here lately
You bear your little self sedately.
You've shed your rompers; you want dresses
Prinked out with frillies; fluff your tresses;
Delight your daddy, aunts, and mother;
And sisterly set straight your brother.
Your bib-and-tucker days abolished,
Your manners and your nails are polished.
One baby trait remains, thank glory!
You're still a glutton for a story.
Still, Bitsybet, you beg another:
So here's one for you from

YOUR MOTHER.

CONTENTS

i. The Scarlet Witch Departs

ii. And Ariel Makes Music

iii. The Dear Little God!

iv. The Hyndses of Hynds House