the



and there was an easy indulgent

soul he loved his daughter better
even than his pipe and like
a legion of
young imps
yelping and racketing
about
the house the conquest
of his heart yearned after
the damsel who was
to be
done

to turn and fly
was now too late
and besides what chance
was there of escaping

ghost or

goblin if such it was which
could ride upon the

bridge when the folks at
a
country coquette beset with a

sword in each week to
receive his instructions in psalmody was

katrina van tassel




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


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