Nebraska advertiser., 1864-07-02
poetry.
THE MYSTERIOUS GUEST. T
Bx FOWLER ERADxAcK

Wien with a mighty din,
The stage coach halted At the door
Of Smiths Hotel in lynn
And inside passenger got out,
s4sbolss1aiszs .seus sss ssA-s----
His rortIy figure was envrapped
In overcoat of shag, 4
While one hand grasped a travs,ling-trunk
The other held bag
Gnd in the twinkIing Of his ego
You recognized wag.
Waiter be cried, show me room
I'm tired and traFel-sore: rs
The waiter showed him to room
Upon thesecond hoor.
jus, stay nohceD;, said the man
The waiter closed the door.
'Ye se',' observed the traveller, 81
Ere ! can take a do2s,
30 III have &c ask little help
10 getting of my cloe's,
ForI'm trife crippled,
and cant pull OF my hose
'All right replied the vaifer,
Who vas = generous eIfj
Il pities any man. said be, i,f.
As can't updress bisself:
IL very on unrig you Sir,
krd lay yOu on yOurshelf.'
yT;u vro1I raeurnsd tho FroVnfIar
Who ,lropped into chair.
First hang my wig upon yon peg
fAnd be took of his hair i
T'n, like a case Of glass said he,
'And must be touched with care.'
6nd as he spoke, he ored his mouth,
Astbough it were trap,
And thrust his fingers in the hole
Tie waiter heard a snap, "1 4t7
And out there rolled two sets Of teeth
And fell into his lap,
'Nov. waiter, just unscrew my arm
Bot don't look 20 alarmed;
I'm hePe as asailiDg ship
Upon a sea becalmed; ~
And when my arm you've taken ef,
Youth see hat Imdis-armed'
The waiter in astOhisfment,
U!.on the traveller g,zed
Iis hOught g. "A &c Stranger lt
Must certainly be craEed;
But when he saw the arm come of,
He was still more amazed,
and seemed inclined to g away.
A mnment more beg,
Cried ous he waggish traveller;
Help me unsrrap my leg
The waters hair began to rise
AS of he pulled the peg.
'As sheep in summer said the man,
.ejoiee to lose their aeeces,
So Nh,n d ii my limbs az night,
~ happiness increases,
Bey.u-, i can. vt r,stin p ace
Uu.ess eat Ia pisses g.
TLen he apostrOnh.z.d his limbs
In strange soliloqdy:
'Alss : said he, 'oue's in The elrth,
The other sIn ths sea re
But though we'll remember them,
lhey eant re member me.
New bring e here that lOoking-glass,
Aud I'll take cut my eye;
Although I'm not a party man,
A man Of parts am
AMI as be uttered thls vile joke
He laughed as if he'd die.
The walters hair now stood on end,
lie rembled with alright;
'5iirely thought be, no mortal eyes
Ere saw SO range a sight ;
But the man u REACTIONS only sat
AID laughed viii ali his night
Now lay my fragmentsin that box
Where they'll be OUT of sight;
Be careful not to dr,ptho eye,
And mind the teeth don't oi5e.
by limbs Oa uy ;raak by day,
And 90 my trunk al nlsht.
But fear held fast the waiter,
He merely s'Ood and stared =
To ser such sOul-appalling sights
he hada't come prepared; a
While the traveller unly laughed the more
10 see the man 81, scared
And putting Ona serious loSk,
IN solemn accents SAID; a
There ; only Ons thing more to do
beiure | get 10 bed:
Steady yourself agsinst the wall,
And Just GRsereG my head!!P
You've met aso.e the metaphor
About the camel's back
PTis a commOa aph,rsm where
The creatures made a hack ! f7
II says that 'tis the final straw
That makes the spine tOcrAck.
Isisas apt as it is old,
80 And in the waters case,
The mesaing of the provefb is
Not Eieult to trace. ad
Fer he could bear no more, bat rushed
From out the AOeurssd,
Ard down the stairs by threes and pairs,
he aed with speed as quick
As if an angry Nemesis
Pursued him with a stick,
Or. As though the man Without leg