Tree with a Bird in it

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page71" name="page71"></SPAN>[71]</span></p> <div><SPAN name="h2H_4_0038" id="h2H_4_0038"></SPAN></div> <h2> <i>William Griffith</i> </h2> <p class="quote"> (Who felt for her.)</p> <h3> PIERRETTE REMEMBERS AN ENGAGEMENT </h3> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Pierrette has gone&mdash;but it was not </p> <p class="i4"> Exactly that she lied; </p> <p class="i2"> She said she had to catch a train; </p> <p class="i4"> "I have a date," she cried. </p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> To keep a sudden rendezvous </p> <p class="i4"> It came into her mind </p> <p class="i2"> As quite the quickest way to flee </p> <p class="i4"> From parties of this kind; </p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> She went most softly and most soon, </p> <p class="i4"> But still she made a stir, </p> <p class="i2"> For, going, she took all the men </p> <p class="i4"> To town along with her. </p> </div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />