The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-03-28
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IN October, wet and dreary,, sat this
writer weak and weary, pondering Ger
memorandum book ofitems used before
| book Of .serayling head notes rather
items, taking days to gather TEEN in hot
and sultry weather, fusihg up mach time
and leather,) wondered we these. ITEMS
o'ersmW While 1--WE qconn'd them, slowly
rocking, (though our mind queer ideas
focking) came quick and nervous
knocking at the sanctum door. "Sure
that must be Jinks, we muttered, "Jinks
that's knocking at our door-JiDks the
everlasting bore" w ,. l,,.
AK, full well do we remind us, in the
walls which then confuedlus, the "ex-
changes lay behind u.s. and before us,
and around usJ scattered Ger the sanctum
floor. THINKS we "Jinks has come to
borrow sOme1 newspapers till tomorrow,
and itiyill rbliey iron 'sorrewto get
rid Of ,I9ksa tbs, bore, byi opening wide
/ the door" Still the visitor kept knock
Fin knocking 1tdder than before! y "V
/ Andthemscattefed piles ofIpapers cut
someirather curious ,oopers, being lifted
by the breszes coming through another
doorrand we wished 1.-THE wish, yasevil lpr
one deemed always clvil) that. Jinks was
atthc 'deyily tBstay thefe evsfhofe, and
there to find his final levulI-Jinks the
nerye,unstringing bore lh5i Luad lair o
Bracing up cur patience frmer, then
without another murmur, "Mr. Jinks,
your pardon, your forgiveness we implore.
But, the fact is, we were reading of some
curious proceeding, and'itwas unheedin g
your loud knocking there, before"
Here we opened wide the door But
phancy now, our pheelinks-7for it wasn't
Jinks the bore1-Jinks ,nameless ever
| But the form that stood before us
caused a trembling to come Ger US, and
our truant mem'ryo bore us back again to
days Of yore-days when t"itemsl were in
plenty, and wher'erI this writer went be
lpicked upinteresting items by, the score.
Twas the form, Of our office "devil,pi in
an attitude upciyil; and he thrust his
head within the open door, with -6siThs
foreman's out o, copy, sir and says he
wants some morel Yes, like Alexander,
he wanted more !" ssa.l.ui
| Now, this "locap, had already walked
about ill near dead-M had sauntcred
through the city till his feet were very
sore--walked through the street called
Dauphin, and the by.ways running of
portions Of the city both public and OBJ
scure and had questioned every "fellerr
whom he met from door to door, il any
thing was stirriDg-7any accidents occur,
ring not published heretofore-and met
with no success he would kinder gueess
he felt little wicked at that ugly little
bore, with his message from the foreman
that he wanted HsOmething moreR D..
| "Now, ,itstimo you were departing,
you young scamp; cried we, upstarting
j'get You back into the office-wbere you
1 were Bsfore--or the words which you
have spoken will your bones all brOkenj'
| (apd We seized a cudgel, oaken, that was
lying on the lnoor Take your hands
out of your pockets, and leave the sane.
tum door; tell the foreman there Is M
copy, you sgly little bore" Quoth thu
deyil,, "Sspd him mnore.' ,,,, -, se.4 !
4 And our devil, never sitting, still j,
lChitting, still is flitting, back and forth
itupdu thelanding just outside our sane
t1m door. Tears adown his cheeks are
tstreaming--strange light from his eyes il
beaming--andrhi his voice is heard, still
screaming, "Sir, the foreman wants som'
hlorei!D And our soul, pierced with tha
screaming, is awakened from its dream
ling, aud has lost the peaceful seeming
that,it used to have before, for the fapc.
which comes o'or US, that each reader
1 face. before us, ,bearssthe hOrid chorus, -
Nd HWe wantia alittle more y Words OF
ilitheirw foteheadsr gIaringlg. "Yourd funu,
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