Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-27
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4 To dazzle Wnon the down.
And rob the world of rest |
o, tura again, fair Ines,
Before the fall Of nisht.
For feAr ths moon should shine alone,
Above thy distant fight.
In the course of brief and brilliant O..
reer, We have INDUCED in the usual folliss
OF youth. We have sown our Wild oats far
and wide, and reaped few of the inevisa-
bic consequences. We had swss,-hsar.
once pure-mindsd girl Of that superior
stamp that develope Mans better nature,
and Danish the brute instincts from his hese.
roeeneous composition. She had q step
like Zsnobia's; . voice like the musical
murmur Of falling waters; and smile ~
sweet as the balmy breath Of early June.
Cheerful, vivac,ous, accomplished, sincere
and refined, che sang like 9 canary, slated
like Q champion, and wAlszsd like the spirit
Of adrsam. She coaldnt have been called
handsome, but her manners were superb
and stylish, and her entire makeup" ex-
csedingly smashing. Our only serious OBJ
jecsion to her was the fact that she weighed
} l73 pounds. For this, however, we eysntu-
, ally fOrgavs her. aatsH
In an evil hour We one day yielded to q
restless impulse, left home and sweetness
. far behind, and made q break for the far
; distant realms Of foreign lands, While in
lonely London, the summer past, the course
Z Of our true love didn't run smooth, and We
Exchanged fArewells across Eve thousand
' miles of land and sea. Individually, VIC
considered il pretty tough, resolved to chew
tobacco, drink Absinthe, get outside Of nox
n ions alcoholic compounds, and generally ~
N to the bad in . hish-tonsd and efectua
style. In two or three months We cooled of
;, .nd wended our way back to he western world
While in Chicago, where she happened Z,
r be at the time, we wanted to call bu
wouldn't, and then came on to locate Q
Rock Island. When the great conhagra
n. ton swept the lake metropolis with sea o
s, fire, we feared she had fallen prey to tn
re devouring element. Too mean to make
direct inquiry, we sought to Learn her fs,
through outside parties. All, however, wa
Of no avail.
Ir- Yesterday afternoon as We sat at GU
w. sanctum table slanR-whangiug Hsverstics
grave looking messenger entered, and wi,
q solemn bow handed us . missive, tb
envelope OF which was deeply bordsred vi,
baek-ths dreadful emblem of death. W
tore it open at both ends and glanced owe
h. the contents, These we're brief and appAl
Us ing. In the hurried hand writing of lad
NJ. friend we read 90 follows
m Davenport Thursday noon. The remains of Ban
&C. on corner of Fourth and Main. q.
We read those fearful lines over and owe
again like one In trance. We continue
70 read with bAted breath, until reused b
the curiosity Of others present. Communica
!. ing to the them sad tidings, we grabbed OF
:. hat, nearly swallowed q cigar, and rushe
for the ferry boat We thought the low
shore would never be reached. 1t SCENE
Ill to be ten miles from the landing up TO -Four,
he street. We didn't stop to ring the bell. "
ry, rushed in like 9 barbarian. fell over Q chat
nd and found the adorable deceased waltzin
'g. around the apartment with bevy of con
re Panions, to be utterly amazed Ut our sudde
and unaccountsble appearance, and OF
wild and agitated air. Then We began +.
he get faint glimmering Of stupsndOus sci
nd 8 scream of laughter salutsd US, and We fe
ng cheap enough to have sold ont ~ 800 pc
er sent discount. Il is unnecessary to state tbs
II We saw that that corpse devoursd iss reguls
ny hash during the remainder Of the dsy-sh.
90 We procured q heHrse and drove all owe
er Davenport with those last mortal remain
and when the westward bound train cam
!, whizzing BY at half pas, seven, that "
lowered around to see that the departed on
!. vas duly shipped to her surviving RELATIVES
- Taken altogether, it Was about the pleas
ATTEST funeral We ever attended.