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This poem was included in the original 1915 edition. 

HE ran away and was gone for a year.
When he came home he told me the silly story
Of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan
And kept in chains so he could not write me.
I pretended to believe it, though I knew very well
What he was doing, and that he met
The milliner, Mrs. Williams, now and then
When she went to the city to buy goods, as she said.
But a promise is a promise
And marriage is marriage,
And out of respect for my own character
I refused to be drawn into a divorce
By the scheme of a husband who had merely grown tired
Of his marital vow and duty.
 

Comments

kate and bekah , 2 months ago

this was a really good poem and we so happened to love it

 

Sam , about 1 month ago

I thought this poem was really interesting because Mrs. purkapile is willing to pretend to believe the story that her husband told her so they dont have to get divorced. Roscoe Purkapile, had thought that they were eventually going to get divorced so he agreed to marry her. However in the end the only way he could get out of his marriage was by dying.

 

mikey , about 1 month ago

hi sam

 

Mr. Purkapile , 3 days ago

uhh whats the point of reading these

 
 

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