The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-19
from the London Fun,l
GENTLE ALICE BROWN.

ian town. @Ut -@rF@
Her mother was n toOll5np weak OUT ami
But it isn't Cf her parents that I'm going
for TO TngT)I I'm 80
AS Alice was sitting at ner window-sm one
day,
she cast her eyes upon him, and ne looked
so good and true,
Thatshe th4pghL Leouid oe FaPpSF i
agentieBan Ike youiP 8gA3
And every morning passed her house that
She knew b might expect him at a quar-
A sorter in the Cu.tom-house, it was his
Tine r99st0m- mouse was fifteen minutes
walk frPmPeF sD0dde9lJ 81 gu
But Alice was a pious girl, who knew it
To look at strange young sorters with ex-
pressive purple eyes,
So she Sought the village priest, to whom
her family confessed
The priest by whom their little sins were
Gei 20 vs. 7-rsz e80sn
son 10Y fat err" Alice said, "'twould
TO discover that l was a most disreputabie
lot!
Of ali the most unhappy sinners I'm the
The padre said. Whatever have. you
been and gone and doneT"
.Ihave helped mamma steal a little kid
dy from It's dad;
I've assisted dear papa In cutting up 8 ht-
tie lad;
And SIAN a little baby for the coral on It's
neck!"
The worthy pastor heavea asigh aud drop
And said 9on mas'n't judge yourself too
haaNvfNNF my dear
It's wrong to murder babies little coraIs
for to fleece;
But sins k these one sxpiates at half a
crown apiece
4" Girls will be ~air!s-you're very young
and Eighty IN your mind;
Old heads Upon Young s~hGulderstWe must
not expect to find
We mustn't be too hard upon these little
Let's s6e-nve crimes at nah a crown-ex-
actly twelve and six
go f. ther " little Alice cried, your kind
ness makes me weep,
You do these little things for me so singu-
Your thoughtfuI IIberality I never can
But, o, tE6erre is shno5ther crime I haven't
mentioned Yeti 500 81 a. az
"a plessantlooKing1 gentleman, with
- prettyPnrple eyes, pas
I've noticed at my WINDOW, as I've sat O.
catching ydieBi Ers IS. -
He passes BY il every day as certain as can
1 blush 10 say I've winked at him, and he
he's wiiKed'atmef" f- a4 1
"ForD shame" said Father Paul, 4my err
ing daughteEl OnfTnx word
This is the most distressing news that I
a nave ever heard. ti0U 9nt -nG eca
I Why, u ughty girl. you excellent papa
ITS has pledged your hand w eEa
Tora promising you9g EobPer, the Lieuten-
ant OF his band!"
'sThfsd dreadful piece of news viii pain your
a~NihwoFthY parents so! ? - zE- a5
They are the most rempneratiye customers
For many many years they've kept-s tarv-
alton nom my doors,
I never knew so crimina a family as
s yours. !.
The common country folk in this in
Have uothiI g to confess, they're so ridieu-
lousy good;
Andif you marry n one respectable at
why, youm reform. and what win then
become ofFa her Paul9"
The worthy priest, he up and drew his
AND 99 ggar Fg9o of pis G TSsse 70 tell the news to
To teIIhim how his daughter, who was for
marriage fit,
Had winked upon a sOrter, who reclpro-
& GATED 1t. -r..e
! Coed RObber Brown he mut1ed up MS
anger pretty well, h
He said, u ave a. notion, and that no
ton I VIII tell: ? Nt AUS tfAF
l win nab NJ tR 81 gay yopng sortfF1 terFify
And get my gentle wife to chop him into
little bits.
" I've studied human nature, and I know
a thing or twOt
Though a girl may fondly love a living
A feeling OF disgust upon her senses there
viii fall
When she looks upon his body eoopped
particularly small"
IAt-NEE-E DYE 1904 t8 All
He traced that gallant sorter TO q still
suburban sQuare;
He watched his opportunity and seized
him unaware
He took a life preserver, and he hit him
And Mrs. BroWn disssected him before She
went TO bed.
And pretty little Alice grew more settled
IN her mind,
She never more was guilty Of Aweakness
Until at ienetr good Roober Brewhl be
3, slowed her pretty hand a~yfaseT FL.
On the promising young roooer, tbs
e Lieutenant Of his bandit fuC :u0u