Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-12-02

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had sskt Betsy how she was and how
sheed bin tn or thre times, and cald the
baby the puttyest, darlinest yittle sing
ebber wus tu or thre times, and that the
baby wus the puttyest NV emmy NV the
childun, sez she to Betsy. sez she, Ant
Betsy, (neerly all the young foxes bout
here call my wife Ant have you sene
the pece nv poitry in the nusepaper
about Miss -? Seq Betsy, "no l
haven't" "Wud you like to see it P''
seq she? EYES," sez Betsy. She took
a paper out Nv her pokit and handid it
to Betsy; but she sed no, you rede it.
Betsy had the baby. So she red it
She red the LIST verse. Betsy lukt at
me. She red the End standsir. Betsy
lokt at ME agin. and her face turned
sorter red. She red the 3rd standsir.
Betsy's face turned as red as a bette,
and turnin her eyes rite into mine, sez
she, "You rote that pece NV poitry."-
See /, no MN. "You did rite that pece
NV poitry in that nusepaper." Seq I,
let me see it. took the paper a, if to
see if she was rite or rong. But 1 was
tryin to think Nv sumthin to answer.
Takin the paper rite to Betsy, sez I. see
here! Don't you see 1 didn't rite it |:
It's printed. You did rite it, sez she,
lukin at me very sharp and her face
more redder, at the same time raisin
her feet about foor times as hy as she
did when she was tryin to kepe the
baby quiet by shaIin it. 1 saw there
was what Saint Luke calls .Euroclv-
dom on hand (see 9th chap. Acts)
when they were karryin Saint Paul to
Rome to be tried for sedition; and SO
thort l had better foiler theer example
and let her drive or scud, as culdn't
go he'd to it. So sez /, yes MINI
You're nice feller to be ritin poitry
to yung ladys, sez she. Yes MN, seq
/. They make a fule Nv you,' seq she.
Yes m'm. And the marrid ladvs tu.'
Yes MN. 'Ort to be shamed Nv yorself.'
Yea nm. .Aint you shamed NV yor-
sehg Yes mn. Don't rite no poit-
~ bout me nowv No MN. Don't
think enuf NV me? Nom'm: you've
forgot Is years ago. Yes MN. When
I ansered her last charge it was the
truth; but if I had repetid it, it wud
NV bin untrnth. I had forgot it when
/ spoke, but it cum to my mind like a
fash. About Is years ago, when Bet
sy cum home from bordin skule, she
brort Nahum. with lether rinkils orl
over the bak, and ugly fases mixed in,
and on the inside there was a hepe Nv
ritin about 'kole sepulkral stones, and
rs, and flowers, and luv and so fourth.
And sez she to me, Mr.. Bragedon,
Esq, wont you rite sum in nv Album
Sec /, yes Mis-, I'll try. See she, you
can take it home with you So I tux
it home with me. kept it about a
munth, tryin to think Nv sumthin prit-
ty to rite. / lukt at the flowers, lukt
at the mune and stars, l lukt at the
little frog pom neer the house to see if
l cudn't make lake Nv Komo ont NV
it, but not a single idee wud cum
About this time there kane to the ma
berhud yupg lady Nv about II years
NV age. She had bin at my house about
FIVE years befor and had stade q week.
She was smart, putty little gurl, but
wummunhud more than made gud all
the promises of chilehud. l went to
call on her. She was tall, stately, bu-
tiful; cud make the pianner tork, and
sung ackordin, and was just the sort NV
wummun to give poetic cinsperreshunt to a
CORD. Well. after she had plade and sung
until had the extatic fights, sez she,
'Mr. Bragedon, Esq, / have a Nahum,
won't. you rite pece in itf' Sez I,
Miss -, I'll try. In fu days I had
rit n pece for the yung lady's Album.
1 was satisfde with it furst rate; and
so thort I'd take it by, and show it
to Miss Betsy, on nv way up, thinkin
she wud be plezed to see what cud
du. But to my supprize, sez Miss Be-.
sy, after redin it, Have you rit in nv
Album ? Seq I, no Miss. Sez she.
bring my Album home then wha,
forP sez I. Bring my Album home;
you shant rite in it, seq she. But,
Miss Bet Bring nv Album home,
sez she But Bring it home seq
she. Il don't want you to rite in it, and
you shant rite in it. The wether was
unkumfurtibly hot there, SO 1 didn't
stay long. Neffu, you may tork abou:
poetikill inspurrasbun, but I believe
that sumtimes kourshun is better.
went home and rote ten Slime standsirs
one Nv which is the only thing eve,
rote that I'm proud NV. This is the
standsir:
Strive ever hard to win the baxe,
With onnesty uusvervfn;
Be-, siwiz yalyew less the praIe
Then that you are eeservin.
Cast enc the bsitess ouner down,
n konshus nv demeer;t;
An onnest hart wId skoru . krown,
weer he unfit to weer it.
Whether yor ant Betsy was alludir
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