, 1873-11-23
LUKE.
TN tho Colorado pnrl9, 1871

.,, LIZ BRET uANTE.
Wot's that yon're readin'2-a novel7 a novel-well,
You, nsn grown and bearded and hisstn' such stun
Btutf sse,t ga1s m! hs!s 'weeshoafts' No ondor
Look ct me iwclar Two lundrod-and nevor read ona
Thnt'a my opinion o novels. And cz to their 1yin'
They seonGod tothe lodges aaushtor-tho Jeago who
On Sasa,S Il III as . sn fa r.; A0 0nnan'' and tho
And biz daassor~-we y ST SIC road novels, and that's
whatb tho nattor With hor. 49,
Eet sho vas sweot on tho 5edao, and stuck by him day
A1ono IL tho eaIiu up sor-til Hho grew lko ghost,
sho was only ap Of thing, ca light and az up and
"a rilie-snoko blown through tho woods, but aho
waan't my ktna-no wayi
speak', 2 gals a'yo mind that houss ez you r'so tho
milo antl half from Whites. and fist above slat-
You do 7 'we'I, now, thar'o a geli What, you saw
ehe was M ony odexn ; soa 5oys, sor to mo rho don't
cotton ono bit.
Now, shc's whnt cali ssl-es pretty and plump
Teeth Is white es houna', and they'd go through
Eye. q; Sin snsp hs ;' oap. 80 .ho asked to know
'A* X Katy-hd. ' LAW 49, $3.50 ~ ''' e'
But what was talkng of7-ot tho Jedge aud hIs
Novels the whole day ong md reckon shc 1oad them
And sometimes aho read them out loud to tho Jodge
on tho porch whore ho sat,
"Iady Blanche eho naid that.
Bus tho schost Of al that hccrd wss 4 yarn that
1cathefsetockng" BY name, and hunter ehock
..l f o. tho gfesnsst a,o o. @ ,, Moh.
Whom lkss sea sllns ny own lies, ind the. chap
Yet aomehow-erethor sho always ssyin' brought
OF folka ahout whom sho had read suthln bate of
And thar warn't no end O. the names that she give me
"Rotin Hood" Notwithstanding" .Rob Roy,eo,
I tell you, tho crittor Was queer
And yet Ct ehe hadn't been spilled, she was harmless
sho could jabbor in French to or dad, and they say
that aho knew how to p.ay,
And sho worked mo that nhot-pouch up thar--which
And slippers seo I'm down yer-ez would cradle
an 1httn'a rappoose.
Yet aong them novels, you eco, eho wastin' and
And thes set shy With her tongue, .na at list h.a
And, wenevor bappenel around her face IT was hid
bY book.
And warn until she left that she give me CT much
0za look.
Aud this wab tho way itwas. 1twas night when KEN
To say 70 'em all Goodbye for 1ecRoned to 60 for
At "sun-up tho day tnoy left. 30 shook em ali
,,, round round BY the hand,
But, fist passed the house next morning, ut dawn,
Soyne ono,
Like nttlo waver o. mist, got up tho hill Nh the
Miss Mabel 1t was, aIono-al1 wrapped in mantle o.
And sho stood there straight In The road with touch
o. tho Run In her faco.
And sho looked mo right In the eyc-1'd seon Huthin
When limited wounded doa to tho edge q tho CLEAR
And had my knoo lis mock, and list waa r.atn' my
whs. a*e lock like that, .nd-"eu, II sot
ave arc going to-day" sho said, "aud thought I
TO you in your oSrn ho,sc 1ukc-sheao woos, and tho
ss lind to U.S. Luke and papa h..
found you still
Az good as tho air 10 breathoa, and wholesome ~
Laurel Treo Hli.
"And won alwaya think Of you. Luke, tho thing wo
Tho bssam % ti Int dwoiis ii tho woods The rainbow that
lives In the Rprny.
And you'll sometimes tltnk OF ND, LuKo as you klo"
you onco used to Say,
A riao-nnoko blown through tho woodg. tnon,ont.
| but never to stay.n
And then we shook hands,. Bho turned but s-suddens
| nhe tottered and fell,
And caught her sharp by tho waist, and held her
minit-wel
| II was oply mint, you know, that ez cold and o.
whlto she iay
Ez slow-flake hero on my breast, and tlsn-won,
she melted away
| And WAS Rone. i. and thar uro her booKs; but ]
eays not any for me-
/ Good enough may be for come, but them and ]
snighsn't agree.
They spied decent gal ea might hev malb aomo cha1
q wife,
And look at mo !-c]ar two hundrsa-and neyer read
ono In my lifct
--Serfbne,'s for Dscsmber.