White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-04-25
0ar Strap Book.
By TIE AUTHOR or xARrnA HOPKINS.

By TIE AUTHOR or MAErsA HOPKINS
Comrade. leave me here little while yet tbs early
morn;
Leave here. and when you want me- sound upon the
It's the place and IN about -as Of old the rat and mouse
Very loudly squeak snd nibble running over Grannys
Gr.asss house with all it's eupboard. and its
And its cha wood implanted where the old cats rubbed
Many night hun yooder garrett window ere went to
Did and horses in slowly from the west
Roasting .eesy branches when thought their fee,
Here the garden wandered nourishng youth sub
With beans. and potatoes and the melons, which
When pumpkin vines behind me- with their preciou.
fruit repoeed
When chung about the pearee for the premise that
When dipped into the dinner human eye could see
Saw the vision Of the fire and all the dessert would
In the Spring fuller crimson comes upon the ROSTERS
In the Spring the noisy pulIe gets herself another nest
In the Spring hveiier spirit makes the ladies' tongues
In the Spring young boys fancy lightly matches up b
Then her chest was plump and atter than should be for
And she eyed my every notion with mute intent to scod
have the arn r o%' aa s iI ps
On her kndlng cheek and forehead color and light
And she urnedher fist shaken at the GOODNESS Of the
lie;
"
Saying have hid my feelings fearing they should do thee
Saying shah whip you, Sammy whipping shall go
She took up and turned pretty roughly when she'd
And every time she shook me- tried to jerk and run
She took Of my little coat and struck again with all her
And before another minute free and ont of sight
.s ms
I'd get
Many an evening did see her. where the willow sprouts
grew thick
And rushed away from Granny, at the touching of her
O. my Granny old and ugly, O. my Granny hateful deeds.
o. the empty empty garnet, o. the garden 10 weeds
Crosser than all fancy fthom crosser than all have
puppet your threat and servile shrewis
Is it well wish thee happy having thy whip decline
On boy with lower shoulders and narrower back than
Hark my merry call me-soundng the dinner
They TO whom my Grannys whppings a target for
Shall it not be harp such mouldered
shamed through all my to have loved the
Weakness to be wrath with Weakness womans pleasure
woman's spite;
Nature made them quicker motions considerable sight
Woman Is the lesser and all thy whippings matched
Are as moonlight unto sunlight and as water unto wine
Here at least when little, something OH for
Where Winter fell my father slipping off key of lard
was i. tramped orphan and my case was pretty hard
On from farm house unto farmhouse till found my Uncle
Pete;
Larger shed. and barns and and better neishbor
Greater breadth of field and woodland and an orchard Just
good
Never my Granny, cuts her willow switches
there;
Boys are safe at Uncle Peters I'll just bet You what you
Hangs the heavy uited pear you may just what;
lis little Eden about two miles off the pike
There mefhinks, would be enjoyment, than being
the place where even in manhood almost shake with
fear;
There the passions cramped longer shall have scope and
will scape that savage woman she shall my
onte supplesinewed they shall dive and they shall
run;
She has caught like wild goat but she shall catch
He shall whistle the dog and get the books from off
Not with blinded eyesight cutting ugly whips to whip
himself
Fool again. dream fancy, no. don't believe it, bliss
But I'm certain Uncle Peters better place than this
Let them herd with narrow orehcads vacant Of all glorious
Like the horses in the stables like the sheep that crop
lanes;
them with dirty cousins; what to me style
the heir twenty acres and some money in the hank
Not in vain the distance beckons forward let
Let cartwhees spin till shutdown, ringing down the
grooves of road;
Through the white of turnpike can't see to
Better years at Unces than fourteen at Granys
9 see the blessed promise of spiri, hath no, set
HORSEPOWER these things be- long farewell to Grannys
farm
Not for she'll the willows: at me she'll shake
Comes vapor from the margin backenng heath and
Cramming all the blast before ituess it holds thunder
Wish twoud fall Grannys house. with rain hail or
Let get my horses started Uncle Peterwar and I'll CO.