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Silas X. Floyd's Short Stories for Colored People Both Old and Young

GROSS DECEPTION.

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Wistfully down the street she strolled, From side to side her eyes she rolled, Till far away her eyes she cast On the grateful form of a man at last. She smoothed her hair and she quickened her pace, Hoping she’d meet him face to face; But when she reached him she felt awful sore: ’Twas a figure of wax in front of a store!

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