The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-09-14
Exoyy Esetsey :rsts I Made ETD. and the
Divorce WAS ESsITzIcts.



your pay.
Don't cut down your GguIes-make it an X or
"
For that ere written agreement was just the
maxim OF me-.
Coin home that evenin' told you was blue.
Thiukin' OF all my troubles and what l was
eoin' to do:
And ii my hosses hadn't been the steadiest
team alive,
They'd we tipped me over certain, Tor / could
II see where to drive
No--for was lab0.in' under heavy load;
No-for / was trayclin an entirely different
road;
For l was a-tracin' over the path Of our lives
agin,
And seein' where we missed the way, and
where We might have been.
Aud many corner we'd turned that just to a
quarrel led,
When | ought We held my temper, and
driven straight ahead
And the more | thought it over the more these
memories came,
And the more l struck the opinion that l was
the most to blame.
And things had long forgotten kept risin' in
my mind,
or little matters betwixt US, where Betsey
good and kline;
And these things they flashed all through me,
"a you know things sometimes will
When ieller's alone i'll the darkness, and
everything is STILL
q But" says /, we're TOO far along to take
another track,
And when | put my hand to the plow, do rot
oft turn back;
And faint an uncommon thing now for couples
TO smash in two ;"
And so ! set my teeth together, and vowed
l see il through.
When I came in sight o. the house twas
some'at in tie night,
And Just as | turned hilltop see the kitch-
Ell light
Which often a han'some pictur' to u hungry
person makes,
But it don't interest fellow much that's goin'
TO pull up stakes.
And when | went into the house the table was
set for me-
As good sUpper's ever saw, or ever want
10 see
And l crammcd the agreement down my pock-
ct we'll as l could
And fell TO eatin' my victuals, which somehow
didn't taste good.
And Betsy she pretended to look about the
house
But she watched nv side coat pockets like a
cat would watch mouse
And then she went 10 a fouliH' little with
her cup,
And iutenlIy readin a newspaper, holdin' it
wrong side up.
AID when Ia dono my supper, drawed the
agreement out,
And give it 10 her without a word, for she
knowed what twas about:
And then l hu.nmed little tune, but now and
then note
Was busted by some animal that hopred up
in my throat
Then Betsy she got her specs from off the
mantle shelf.
And read the article ov vcr quite softly to her
self.
Read it little by little, for her eyes is getGn'
old,
And lawyers writin amt no print, especially
when it's cold.
And after she'd read little she gave my arm
touch,
And kindly said she was afraid / was 'lowin'
her TOO much
But when she was through she went for me, her
face streamiu' with tears,
And kissed me for the first time i'll over TWEEN
~ years
l don't know what you'll think, sir-.I didn't
come to inquire
But picked up that agreement and stuffed it
IN tie fire
And l told her we would bury the hatchet
alongside of the COW
And we struck an agreement never to have
And 1 told her in the future l wouldn't speak
harsh and rash
II half the crockcry in the house was broken
all to smash
And she said, in regards to heaven, we'd try
and learn its worth
By sta rtin IA branch establish ment and runnin'
1t tere Oh earth.
And so we sat talkiu' three quarters of the
night,
And oPened our hearts to each other until they
both grew light
And the days when | was winnin' Ter away
from so many men
Was EOthiu' TO that evenin' ! courted her over
again.
Next mornin' an ancient virgin took pains to
Her lamp trimmed and burnin' to kindle an
other fuss
But when she went pryin' and openin of old
scores,
My Betsy rose politely, and showed her out
Since then don't deny bat there's been word
or two,
But we've got our eyes wide open, and know
just what to do
hen one speaks cross the other just meets it
with laugh,
And the first ones ready to give up considera
bic more than half.
Maybe you'll think me soft, sir, a-talkin' in
this style.
But somehow it does me lots of good to tell it
orce in while;
And do it for compliment-'tis SO that you
can see,
Ibat that there written agreement OF yours
was just the maxim of me.
So make out your bill, Mr.. Lawyer: don't stop
short of an y:
Make it more if you want to, for have got
the checks.
I'm richer than National Bank, with all its
treasures told,
For I've a vile at home now that's worth her
weight in gold.
d. M'LAUGHLIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, J0lnsto,on, Pa
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