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A TROLLEY CAR I D Y L L
The trolly car was damp and cold,
And packed as f u l l as it could hold.

Two rows of faces tight and grim,
Frowned at me crossly as I wedged in.

Impatient, I counted one by one,
The corners until I could reach my home.

Then someone leaned across the car.
She said, " I don't know who you are,

"But by the pin you wear, I see,
You share a secret dear with me."

And straightway then-our hands did meet;
Straightway, she moved along a seat,

And as I by her side squeezed down,
A magic circle closed us round.

Without, the rain dashed on the pane,
Within, vague figures went and came.

And " D i d you know?" and "Have you heard?"
"It's long since I have had a word!"—

"But I remember so well when—
"You don't mean Y O U were there just then!"—

Suddenly "bump" the lights went out.
Loud came the grim conductor's shout:

"Sorry, ladies, to let you know,
But this is as far as we can go."

And there we had ridden the circuit round,
And reached the car barns 'way down town!

We looked at each other with a grin,
Two strangers magicked with a pin.

And together we said as we rose to go:
"It was worth it to meet an A L P H A O ! "

E V E L Y N CORNISH, Upsiton.