YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



little stray locks curled up in cunning ring- 

 lets in the moist sea air. 



Mamma said that Beulah's mouth was 

 a regular "Cupid's bow." I didn't know 

 what that meant; I only knew her lips looked 

 red and sweet, and when she laughed, 

 throwing back her head, showing her pearly 

 white teeth, it was such a merry peal every- 

 body had to laugh with her. 



She had such lovely gowns, too, they all 

 agreed. One, the color of her eyes, was 

 cut away square from her full white neck, 

 with soft laces just shading it. Her gowns 

 were all so simply made and she looked so 

 sweet in everything; mamma said She was 

 like an old-time portrait of some fair lady, 

 off a castle wall. 



They gave Beulah the "bridal chamber, " 

 as they called it, with its big round bay of 

 seven windows, looking out over the sea. 

 The room was all in white, like the snow, 

 with white silk embroidered draperies, and 

 when she had adorned it with all her pictures 

 and girlish notions, mamma and I used to 

 love to glance in and see her sleeping in the 

 rosy morning light, the sweetest picture of 

 all, her golden hair flowing carelessly over 



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