The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-17

"DER R4VEN.o

Vonce upon midnight dreary, as come
home purity beery,
Und laid me down upon der sofa, and purity
soon began to shnore,
I thought heard some peoples talking und
a noise like some Won Walking
On der new laid ''Nicholas Bafement," on
der outside of my door;
On der wooden ''Nicholas Bavement," on
der outside of my door,
Only dis und something more.
Yes, extinctly remember, id vas der nine :
ty-fourth ov Octember.
Und each ssNicholas Bafement member" had
been week outside my door.
I hoped dey'd Pc away tomorrow, but I
thought I'd dry und borrow
Two or three fife dollar Williams, cause 1
didn't half no more;
But dsy all said dey vas busted, so didn't
got some more,
Only dis und something more.
''Sir,'' 1 said, ''you Will excoose me, und L
know you won't abuse me,
But it viii so much amuse Re, Ov you told
me blease some more,
Wy you come tonight, ahemI ven id s dwelve
o'clock, P. Nj. :?
Cause der neighbors you will wake dem
knocking at my up-sthairs door,
Only noting and noting more.
Und thought dot awful funny, and again
L cried out, "Sonny,
Ov you half got blenty money, come inside
und close der door"
But effryting vas yust so quiet, und I came
back mid der Hghd,
Und sat on der sofa by id, und heered der
same noise like before;
Herd some feller knocking wildly on de
oudside ov my door.
Und 1 vent up sthairs vonce more.
Den der door I opened widely, ven some man
rushed in quite wildly
In way didn't tink bolitely, inside ov my
outside door;
Und said ids some poor duffer, vat for
gotten tighd must suffer
Und der very shtrict bolieces tried to catch
him by my door;
He euchred Matsell's sthrict bolices on der
outside ov my door
Only dis und something more.
Soon 1 lit another hghd, cause I want to be
bolite,
But I hoped he youldr't sthay all nighd,
sitting on mine parlor floor,
Ven all ov suddenly bethought me, and
mine inshtincts quickly fought me,
Ov club, vot had pought me, vat would
sthard him off my floor,
Only this und something more.
But thought before I'd use him, before 1
shtarted to abuse him,
But my eyes they shouldn' t lose him, would
shpoke to him some more;
To see ov he had played some game, so I
nearer to him came,
Und told him, "Vat's your name ? so We
can converse some more:
Tell me vot is on der door blate on der in
side ov your door,
Und he answered, 'fNefermore'
Den 1 tho't der air grew thicker, shmeld of
dis bad five cent liquor,
Till id made me feel much sieker id vas
now 'boud half-pasd four
Und said inside my mind, dot 1 vouldn' t
pc so kind,
But would bounce him from pehind outside
ov mine chamber door,
But I'd take him vrom de neck, and put
him outside my door.
But something sung oud, ''Nefermore. -
''Come look at me and take mine warming, for
dis old sthuff your life you re pawning,
You'd haf a shvelled head in der morning,
but yu Won't got tighd no more
Got up, say, and go sheet: free got up, 1
say, und led me pc,
Or I'll make murder by der second degree,
und dat's all rigid by der new law;
III go to Sing Sing, but got hardened ven
I'm dere tree years or four, +"
But he answered, ''Nefernore"
Dots played oud, you awful loafer, you vOt
is purity much tighd all ofer;
Take your feed off my new sofa; take your
self oud ov my door;
My shVallow-head coat, see how you We torn
her, so as cannot no more pawn her
Dere's beer saloon ubon der corner; don t
you blease come back some more;
Go und shtay oud on der corner, und don t
you hleaSa come hack sorno moro,
But he answered, ''Nefermore."
Und as I'm wriding he is shtaying, and no
sylabub is saying,
Und no kind ov board is paying, though he
owes tree weeks more;
Und in his voice dere is a rumble, like a bee
watts got humble;
But dot man will nefer tumble, und he von' t
go home some more;
So take him by der season, for he won't go
home some more.
Only dis and noting more.
-Neao York Daily Graphic.