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The Lover’s Baedeker and Guide to Arcady

by Carolyn Wells

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Degrees of Love

Positive:My Own!
Comparative:My Owner!
Superlative:My Ownest!

Definitions

Forever: until tomorrow.
Never: until tomorrow.
Yes: no.
No: yes.
Keepsake: any worthless piece of property.
Absence: a heart stimulant.
Alone: (for one) misery.
Alone: (for two) joy.
X X X: kisses.
o o o: kisses.

The Spelling Lesson

When Venus said: “Spell no for me,”
“N-O,” Dan Cupid wrote with glee,
And smiled at his success;

“Ah, child,” said Venus, laughing low,
“We women do not spell it so,
We spell it Y-E-S.”

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