St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 1/Rhyme and Picture Pages/Diplomacy

by Lucy Fitch Perkins

I. Diplomacy.

The Widow Hill has a fine plum-tree! The Widow Hill is fond o’ me.  I ’ll call on her to-day!

The plum-tree grows by her front door, I ’ve been meaning to call for a week or more  To pass the time o’ day!