, 1875-08-15
THE CITY.


THE DIRECTORS DREAM. {;
VICTIMS OF THE DoB-TA11S- =
Il xas The 2ortly Director
OF &txeet-cax company.
Who sznk into his easy chatz.
4 half hour after tea,
And slipped, - port1J man vM alp,
Into I revof1s. !.
And. u hs medttxted, 6to1s
Across biz fao3 \ s1nils,
And chuckles tn hts throat had htrtt-
He ohuck1eA III tbs while,
For tic subject of his raverio
Was the oountAz4ntarh Guila.
BE thought Il how for many daya
Tho&e eyl 1olk4 did best
The Company, And how 1t last
a teada0-nicknl cheat
HAd got run In BY GftccT Jones
a most Hnsiae~mthy feat
II last Tho s1nils died from hts faea.
His hesvy eyes did close,
His chin foil on h:s 1nassdve chest,
AsDoxe c&me from his noss;
The afterdinner reverio
HID dsepenod to doze.
Ard fl that doze strange phautoms cana
And broke tho sleeperb rest,
TIL means and gro7ns, in piscou stones,
Eoae from biz hesvtng breass-
he dreamed he'd gone to Nhere res!ds
The e4e1alIy unbicst~
And through the c1nders aud ths sznoka
OF tut al-suphnrous SPOT
Came xnany \ man 8ud m2ny dams
1t was tntensely hot}
And Cursed the dreamer ~ tho 1uAs
. OF thenr unhappy lot
They wheeled In circles round bis fcak,
In circles round his head:
They tauutec him with hitter wordss
Such fearful things they said
He wished wish IL such plsoe-
"Al1noss that be woEr daad."
Up stapt youth Of tender years
{1e was in for larceny
~ was \ very proper boy
Chuck full Of honesty,
Til in this wretchh bob-t20ed c7z1
Twas led to tuSamJ."
~It was = gent1e 6abbath morn.
The CIR was crowded. and
Thu dimes and nickels bo1ward flew,
They Ill passed through my hand.
o. ehea!d n.ve. but ~ ? !a1ge 3 re- cent
Up stept man Of middle ago,
4 man of mourofu gujse,
With sncekneaB in Ills gentle f1ca
And Eniadness In his eyes,
- TWAS his bootau CARS i" he sxd1y said,
(which brought mt horc nkewlse.~
~ hung upon bob-tailed step:
The car iuttdo WIZ c1an1n,cd.
Whcn crashing. crushing fingers -four,
Tha door was no1cely 1atnm~d.
And T. who'd never sworn bcforet
The driver round1y id"
Up rolled 1nan With soddened faoa,
And eyes all dull and bleSr,
@But {hic) FORA bob-1ai,ed ezis, he cried,
.'1d {hfc} not now tss hest,
Woerp tho parched {hic] throat nAJ nese1 Know
tn Ehic) taste Of Lager beer."
~ II wash cold {htc) winter night,
A1:S45 ~, = .n&
And when the {hic) driver failed to tain
{Hic} heed unto my beck
jumped fhtc} to the frozen street.
An Ehic} broke (hie} my neck
Up stspt nan With vis.Es wan,
Hts eyes Glared - he apt'ke:
y was bob tailed drtver onca,
But my heart got fairly broke,
And let fsx blood leak out myself
With suicidal etroka-"
Id struggled day. I'd struggled night.
For lnead and meat and rent;
Nohopo Of tknock down cheered mo up;
Ne starved on my per oent-
c.ne down here; mine own, vorse Oh,
TO the County PooE-Houso wcnt-"
In hew ths bat-winged Nick himself;
Aha I" he cried With glee%
Right 1eloon,o here, Director do.r,
on tic Etrocf-Csr Company.
For it, many 8ud many h&lf-savcd soul
Tha* your bob-tailed CATS sent me-
Come, come, and swim in tbs tritnstona depths
Who're no bottom found may be"
Up slept gentle, blue eyed girl
Ifo dreamer wildly woke,
Ehe murmured, :" Pa, its Just the tina
You took your evening smoke
He1e's your cigar, ruy dear Papa,
And listen what joke"
{" brought 1t you IN hour sgo,
But you were in . doze:
! lit the match. tho brtnstone GmoEo
In pungent circles rose,
And : lot Of The nasty-sEnelling stun
Went up your der old nosc."