deary

Twas he, a tender deary, that made Anthony marry me, and thereby turned hisself from a little calamity to a little blessing!

But don't you fret about Bambo, deary; he'll soon be all right, never fear, once you and missy are safe at home.

Occasionally a proud son of Lenox borrowed the coat of an officer to appear smart in the picture he was to send to his deary.

"Yes, my deary; he did come at last," she said, in a voice full of a satisfaction that was almost solemn in its intensity.