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SHREDS AND PATCHES.
"I tell you, old man, it's all nonsense,
There isn't a woman who can
Withstand the well planned machinations
Of a cautious, experienced man.
There isn't a woman who can
Withstand the well planned machinations
Of a cautious, experienced man.
"Now, there's Belle, whom the men call an iceberg,
And think is so distant and chaste;—
I'll bet you a 'ten' in a week, George,
I can sit with my arm round her waist.
And think is so distant and chaste;—
I'll bet you a 'ten' in a week, George,
I can sit with my arm round her waist.
"I know it will need careful planning,
Circumspection, and patience, all that;
But if I don't win at this wager
Egad, sir! I'll eat my own hat!
Circumspection, and patience, all that;
But if I don't win at this wager
Egad, sir! I'll eat my own hat!
"You may laugh; you may smile; but I'll do it,
And that, too, in a week from to-night;
So you might as well pay the bet now, George;
For you'll find in the end I am right."
And that, too, in a week from to-night;
So you might as well pay the bet now, George;
For you'll find in the end I am right."
