Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-11
THE WIFE THAT HE BROUGHT
IRON TOWN.

By John n. YATES.
a very hne day fer the auction, sir There is
Guess things win sell for good round price, as the
don't mind seem . lew old traps sold OF, At the
But twill kinder make my heart ache sir, to see the
old farm go.
"You look like stranger in these parts Have you
esme mp here to buy
wou,d YOU like, to know the reason why this fine
Well sit down here and Ill tell again the tale I've
often told.
" You see have known Charley Jones for years; in
TACT ever since he was torn,
Nhen little shaver he used to come to help in my
ItOOl 70 likin' the young chap, then, as he sat a
And the friendship Termed in the old corn field grew
stronger with the passin' years.
.Twssn't driLkin' and gamin' nor any sucb tbi
thai brought Charley down 20 this;
He sakss his thirst q; the old farm spring that the
Whd flowers stHop to kiss;
And the only gamin THAI Charley dOes-or has, from
l. hnntn' the squirrels, down in the woods, with
his faithful dog ana his gua.
His coed old mother-now dead and gOne--brought
him MP in the way he should go;
She pictured out as mother can, the broad road
that lear 10 woe:
Charley often ssys, as he struggles hard meath the
That his hands would drop, and his heart give up,
but Tor thoughts Of his mothers pra5 ers.
THE truth Is, stranger-snd those who know have a
The Ices Of the farm is the fault of the wife he had
Her studied ways, and her winnin' smiles, flung
around his heart a charm:
he married her for her pretty face and she married
him for the farm.
Charley saw his mistake in a very short time; she
couldn't make loaf of bread,
shake ny farmers bed;
She Was crazy to read all the lowest trash that
she bought at the stores for dime,
And if Charley had a button that he wanted sewed
On, she couldn't find a needle nor time.
She soon grew tired Of farmers life; the smiles
She sighed fOE the bail and the concert ROOM for the
Charley loved her patientlove he humored
her every vhiT,
she loved pleasure more than him.
Thus things went on for year or two; each month
his affairs grew worse;
To suppl, her real and imagined wants drew heavy
At last whea he came from his work one night long
She declared, with : stamp of her pretty foot, he
must buy her . house in town.
So house he bought on pleasant street, and fit
But pay for thi. village paradise he mortgage
Bow strange. you know that the folks in town are
all nearly taxed to death .,,.,.,
feet, they are almost taxed for their breath.
q Charley found this out in very short time; his
For with take. ana interest and tseSn up style, h.
wife firmly answered Mo-
The mortgage lie due; his money 10 zone and now the
oil farm must 60.
The women are lecturn about their rights they are
raising hula ba loo,
This woman of Charles got hers think and most
of her husband 9 too:
Charley knows two things that he didn know once;
that a woman 3 will is strong.
And that Tunnin IN debt to keep up style is poor
way to get along.
so, you see, twasnt drinkin' any SIGH thing
that brought Charley down 20 this
He will miss his drink from the old farm spring that
the wild flowers stopped to kiss :
hate TO see him walkin' around the farm with his
head cast down;
And hate worse than piZon, that wife of his that
he brought mp here from town."
-hOcheSfer UeBlOcTdf and Chronicle.