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Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933

"The Real Dope"

" But I told
her I wasn't one of those kind and I guest when it came to talking I could
give as good as I sent and she asked me was I a college man and I kidded
her along and said yes I went to Harvard and she said what year so I told
her I was there 2 different yrs. and we talked along about this in that
and I happened to have them verses in my pocket that I wrote up and they
dropped out when I was after my pocket book and she acted like she wanted
to know what the writeing was so I showed them to her.
Well Al I wished you could of seen how supprised she was when she read them
and she says "So you are a poet." So I said "Yes I am a poet and don't know
it" so that made her laugh and I told her about the reporter asking me to
write some poems and then she asked me if she could keep a hold of those
ones till she made out a copy of them to keep for herself and I said "You
can keep that copy and pretend like I was thinking of you when I wrote
them." Well Al I wished you could of seen her then and she couldn't say
nothing at first but finely she says tomorrow was valentine day and the
verses would do for a valentine so just jokeing I asked her if she wouldn't
rather have a comical valentine and she says those ones would do O. K. so
then I told her I would write her a real valentine for herself but I might
maybe not get it ready in time to give her tomorrow and she says she
realized it took time and any time would do.


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