The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-03
The Knightly NewsbOy-A Tale of Mod
ern Chiyalry and Things.
NIGHT
BY DOESTICEs.

eFE tnifuiTl anu 1UInSSs
BY DoEsTICEs.
NIGHT.
Il was & dreary and stormy night,
And the rain IN streams came down,
While hundreds of soaked and wretched folk
Were hurrying to Brooklyn town,
And piping voice at the ferry fence
Cries shully out, g Eytry, two cents -
THE HERO.
It was a little newsboy chap,
Puny and weak and wee.
Not bigger than pint of beer
SO very small was he.
Yet at the ferry gate he stood
10 earn his bread as best he good,
AoALLANT KNIGHT coaIETH TO TIE RESCUE.
Oh, then up stepped bigger boy,
Splkey," Of thirteen years,
Who gave but glance at the unsold sheets,
And kn=w the cause Of the tears.
Core, come, llttle Jacky, mustn't cry
lou shan't get stuck, for We both will try u
TUE GOOD sAMARITAN APPEARETH on THE SCENE
Up stepped a Good Samaritan,
Of the modern Brooklyn breed
" Come, tell me, thou newsboy bold
Has Jacky such urgent need
lor be Il so, this deed Of thine
Is worthy the knights of the olden time.''
HOW THE HERO WAS ATTIRED.
He wore no vest, no shoes, no hat
The selntiest bit OF shirt
The only coat THIS vaif could boast
Was heavy coat Of dirt.
Yet even In this crowd so dense
HIS cry was heard, 6 Extry, two centsl"
TIE HERO wTlTETH.
Tbs homewald-going crowd grew less,
An a - uF al To Err.-
Yet atdI to sell his printed wares
The child ceased not 70 try
: Eztrv, two cents T. la fearful tones
Sui sot bed along the ferry.
Don't give Ibup," passer said,
Yout be- / won't. sir, nary
Zen as be spoke, Der cheeks so brown
The ready tears came rolling down.
THE HERDS HOME STORY.
Yes, Jacky has sis ters two or three,
An his mothers wilde, yer honor,
Or as good as such-her man gets drunk,
And he always puts hes d on her.
So each Of the cIlldren, old or young,
Must earn few pennies to get along"
THE BROOKLYN SAMARITAN LEv1ETH ON HIS
FRIENDS.
Then the Brooklynite TO his friends so gay
Cried, . Come to me and see
II " much great good small cash may do;
Now buy these extras of me
For each with a ten-cent stamp you must part,
TO send little Jacky home joyous of heart"
TIE HFRo's THANKS TO HIS BENEFACroR
down,
A few simple words to say
! thank you, gentlemen, every one,
Foo these 'ere stamps today.
I'll take 'em home 20 mother and sis,
An they'll alters pray for you fellers for this
uis hos hmm mia cE1 M; mot
Is heavy, Tie minister says, on the pray
THE SEQUEL.
Now, these boys kept up their sobs and tears
Till their friends had crossed the ferry,
When they changed them quick into laughter
and jeers,
Ana were most unaccountably merry.
And they kicked up their heels in the widest
OF jlgs.
Which they'd learned, 1 tear, frcm the min
strel nigs.
LITTLE JACKY's HYPOCRISY.
Little Jacky, the tears still running down,
hougb | fear they were not of sorrow,
CrieG. : Spikey, didn't 10 it bullee
But I'll do it better tomorrow,
How they swallowed my mother and sisters
three,
AID their eyes stopped over at poor little me-. :"
HOPS FOR The GLORIOUS FUTURE.
g An Jack, while the flats do bite so sharp
As we've seen m do to night,
Wei have a good show for plenty Of stamps,
L we play our little game right
fienty of coffee and cakes. dye see,
An alters the cash for the old BowcTee."
TIE BERO RECEIvETH HIS NEED OF PRAISE.
" Yer done it big, said Spikey the bold,
And jelly good lark 1t IS,
And We'll try L on every day III the week
IlH somebody drops on the biz,
An 10 night, my boy, Wen go an see
The bully uaT play at the old B0weree."