Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-02-03
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Gone With a Handsome Mar.
By W. NJ. CARLET0-, I.
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/ the stony sire TX
! I've scoldri my team till rm hoarse I've
trampl"d ill my itss are weak;
! I've chokcd a dozen swcals - y not 10 tell
Jane tibsl
| When the plow-pint struck 3 stone, and
! the handles punched my ribs
! I've put my team in the barn and
rubbed their swcatr coats.
| I've fed EN- heap OF hay and hal! bushel
I of oats:
| And to see the way they eat makes ME like
eaten feel,
And Jane won't say tonight that I don't
make out meal
Well said! the door is locked but here
1 she's left the key
! Under the step, in II place known only TO
her and me;
| wonder who's dyin' or dead, that shes
bustled off pell-mell;
But here on the tables note. and proba-
bly, this will tell
Good God my wife is gonc my wife is
gone astrayl
The letter, it says, Goodbye, for I'm Ago
ing away;
I've lived with you SIX months, John, ard
so far I've been true;
But I'm going away TODAY with hand
somer man than YOU
A han somer man than mel Why, that amt
much to say;
! There's han 'somcr men than me go pas,
here every day.
There's han 'somer men than mel Amt of
the handsome kind;
! But "loviner" man than I was I guess
she'll never find.
Curse her curse her. say, and give my
curses wings!
May the words of love I've spoke be
changed to scorpions stin@s
Oh, she filled my heart with joy, she emp
tied my heart OF doubt.
And now, with the scratch of pen she
lets my hearts blood ont!
Curse her curse her! say /, she'll some
time rue this day;
SLcHl come to learn that hate IL II gae,e
that two can play;
Ard long before she dies shea grievc she
ever was born;
Ard I'll pillow her grave with hate! and seed
it down to scorn.
Ard sure as the world goes on, there'll
come time when she
Wi read the devilish heart Of that han
somcr man than me;
And there'll be time when he will find, as
others do,
same with two.
And when her face grows pale. and when
her eyes grow dim,
And when he is tired of her and she is
tired of him;
She'll do what she ought to have done,
and coolly count the cost;
And then she'll see things clear, and know
what she has lost.
And thoughts that are now sleep will
wake up in her mind,
And she will mourn and cry for what she
has left behind;
And maybe she will sometimes mourn for
mc-tor mc-but no!
I've blotted her out of my heart and will
lot have it SO.
And yet in her giriish heart there was
.omethin' or other she had
That fastened man to her, and wasn't en-
1irely bad;
And she loved me little. ] think, ALTHOUGH,
it didn't last.
But mustn't think of these things I've
buried EN- in the past.
I'll take my harsh words h,scil nor make 81
bad matter worse;
She'll have trouble enough; she'll not have
my curs";
Bat IN live q life so square--and well
know that ! CALI
, That she always will sorry be that she.
went with that lIan'soner man.
All, here IS her kitchen 1~esA i. makes my
poor eyes blur;
1t seems when look at thai. rs if twas
ho!d;n' her
And here are her week lay, shoes aud
there is Ter week lay hat;
And yondcr's her wed ling gown; Won
der she didn't tax" that
Twas only this mornl' SIZE came and
called me Eer dearest dear"
And said | was makiil for her, regular
paradise here;
of hell;
Before you pitch him in, jus, keep him in
heaven spell.
Goodbye, | wish that death had severed
us two apart,
You've lost u worshippcr here--you've
crushed a lovin' heart.
I'll worship no woman again: hat guess
I'll learn to pray.
And knccl as NOI uSc,l 10 kncel Dciore VOu
ran away.
And if | thought could bring my words
on heaven to bear.
And if thought that had some little in
tluencc there,
would pray that l night be, if only il
could be SO,
As happy and gay as WAS halfan u. ago
JANE (entcring).
! Why John. what n litter here! you've
thrown things all around!
Come whats the matter now and whatve
You lost or found?
And here's my father. hers, a-wniten for
supper too;
I've beel riding with hil.--Le's that
"hn4llsomcr man than you"
Ha la! P.:, take seat while PCT the
kelil9 Oh
AMI get things really for tea sud kiss N,
dear Oh JOIN.
Why, john, you took so strange. Come,
wat has crossed your trackg
| was only joking, yoa knew I'm willing
to take It back.
Jon SID.
Well. nov, if that ala joke, with rather
n bitter cream!
l. seems as ii Ia nwolie iiun mighty