The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-25
sATANIN SEARCH OF a SECOND WIFE.


| His Majesty Satan, one morning awokc
| And lound that his wife was dead
| lie said to himself, "Thls II really no Joke,
My household requires head
| The delunCt here below, was marvel Oi worth
| must seek her successor, above Oh the earth
" She must be witty and nimble Of tongue,
| Shrcwd IN the shrewdest Of men,
| A beauty OF cOurse-with me that means young,
| Somewhere between twenty aud ten
For would be loved for myself alone,
| And not for my dark Satanic throne!
| " But far more important than beauty or youth,
| Though Of course want those ns WELT
/ Are the virtues OF innocence. candOr aud TRUTH
| For though people speak evil Of Hell,
There are duties attached to Its leading position
And the wife Of It's Prince must dcly al SuS'
50 the Devil set forth on his conjugal quest
OF queen for the realms below,
But he found that he lost his natural rest,
| And his progress was terribly slow
For the woman he wanted was hard 10 ma,
| And the cares Of his kingdom weighed on his mind
The daughters Of England were lovely, he saw,
A nation Of ialr-haired quccnsi
But those rosy lips could lay down the law,
And they lived beyond his means
50 he quietly wandered over TO France,
And there the Parisians led him dance
He really Thought for n while he had found
The actual thing that he wanted,
But before he had gone half the FaubourB around,
The dOyil began 10 hn dauntcd.
"rhcSc ladcs are quite beyond me, thhi Is Pnlh,'
lie said to himsclf--and he left for Spain
But there, though the women were pretty and kind,
Once more he was disappointed,
They had hearts to bc sure, but he wanted lhlhd
And their hair was too much anOlntcd'
So agaln His Majesty Sacd forth
And this time he thought he would visit the NOrih'
But why should tell of his lcngthening WORK
And Of all the countries he tried .
TIL he suddenly thought one fine day Oi New York
And instantly thithcrward hici.
But, quick as he wlS, the women were rchny,
Their heads were clear und their hearts were steady
They took one look, and they looked him through
And they saw what he wanted at once
So innocence beamcd from thclr OrhS oi blue
And candOT wns queen Tor the nOnce' go 90
Oh you should have seen how their eyclds lcll
While they timidly asked for the news from Hell!
The Devil was iattcrc,l and Hurried and pleased,
What grnCc what refinement, whnt senSe
How quickly his notions, hnli-htnted, were seized,
And nothing he sud gave Ollcn-c
He thought he had seen half these beauties before,
The better he knew them he liked them the more
But timo was pressing, he could not wait,
Though ho scarcely knew how to choose,
80 he offered his crown and his royal state,
Himself and his dead wiicS shoes
To ,lnnsc whose candor nnd virtues intact
Were all that the Devil himself could exact
She accepted his offer, and did not repent
When the day Of her wedding drew nigh,
For vou know that to Hell there's an easy descent
And--hcr friends would drop In by and by,
While the devil declared himself more and more
bcst
As the innocent creature he tondcrly pressed
nnt when she was married and safely installed
As Queen in the regions of shndc
II ia said that tho Devil was somewhat appalled,
At tho bargain he found he had made.
And remarked, "TwOuld have been, on the whole,
quite as well ,,
IIud nrricd at home and married in lIellN