, 1876-02-20


4DsEnred that spokesman de1es1te:
+'oETb ID = sorry CASE.
For this doomed Snlth be Is not rich
Nor bath be friends In placa,
BE ia no politician wight,
Nor set gay gamblere.
Eo be hath but httlo inttuan1p
In Presidential year.
1a.n would we touch the ftnty hear4
OF Horetidge- MAyhAp
That we can do il We hare the aid
or the rnerc,ful Mr. SnApp.
But Mr. Snapp will take no step
For the doomed Smith satrittun.
Cntil be hears thAt the newspapers
VIII fsyor a eommutzhon~
On this etuprise ne have hither come.
Your signature then give.
30 1utslee shall TEMPERED With mercy be
And the halleaB Snlth 1hall hre.''
Answered the City Editor,
As be took up his pen:
Why should not Smith be hanged II well
As other eeutfernen7
The extraordinary c1fcu.nstHn~
cea, what nAJ they be then n
Up spoke The spokesman de1ega.e:
- The Smith for whom VIC plead
Ed provocatiou due. good sootn.
For his hom,eada1 deed
Bait the Judge he was bachelor,
Ln~ed were the lu1yo:
The good Smith killed Lis roothp1-in.I1w
And thefefafs ha xnuat dc"
Answered The cisx Editor;
An It lies in CIR power
The good Smith In his nr1sou-Eeu
Shall not tide another hour.
powerful ieade1 shall be treu
In our columns ere F7sc Ct sun:
But while sign your Petition hers =
Say low the dead was dons7"
pr s7'oke the rpokesnan-de1egate :,
" The good Snaith listed sir1ie,
And, consequently, hsted, Ioo, =.
The mother Of his Elfc. .t.,
For abe was Of the uolsy k1nd
Whose natures never ya1y, -.
And etortuy II tho hluste17ug wind :.
Df March Or January -
Taen ehe put her hands upon her hirs =
Ard oied her mouth to talk, r.
The family cat be orreod chat
And vent cut for walk.
She drove the good Smith from his home.
II trow it wzs 4 nln,}
To walk IN waya Of xicktdues1.
To fatch-keyA and 10 tin.
One w1nteria morning Smith c71ne boue.
AL in her nlght-gowu gran,
Charged to she AEe. be saw her fosm-
Sne bad sat up fos him. .
Up ep1ang she 1s upon the stairs
That ctczkcd 9ht heard hla foot, :
Add hissed IN concentrated tones
My poor child oh, you I7uts.
Eight A1ter night these doluer t-Ahs
wonder abe not dead =
lne good Smith seized his pistol 1ud
Blow OF the wo.uan'e hezd!
The Recording Angel shed entle
AB he nurmured. Tally ore.'
And hloted the entry out With h,s te1rr.
sly. was not that well do1e7"
fhe rsrttur puzhed the paper hack.
ptAced his pm behind his ear,
And answered, 10 I frigid tone;
Nc c7ut tudotse thi1 he7et#
Ahashed tt1a delegation stood
Before hiG naughty eye;
Tbs SPOKESMAN delegate he ree1ed
And family stA111nered: "Wby7~
way7" said tho City Editor,
Do 20 not know the tine
q n.ght,-rwas weu.nigh I'm.
When he did do that c.ime7
He murdered nleep, tho innocent 4feen-
Sheep that dnth nature ble1s
1t the hour accurHtd nf n,
Rhen sre had cone u p1ess.
Had he done the deed At 10 otcloct
So wr had gtt the news, =.
Or happy orear1zed SCOOP,
His PRAYER we'd d not refuse
Ehe evel a8g papers got it first:
Their A-a4-Iine they displayed,
They hsd interviews and diagrams,
So 60 to them for xd.'
l.
The delegates fell On ttssfr knees,
And piteously besought:
Lo. well We know that the todue1ce
N the evening press is naught-
For when the Post and Moi doth rsge,
And the journal nnoanB and mocks,
he public sayeth unto them
What Butler said to Cox.
a.ve mercy. have mercy On Smith, the doomed,
Put forth your SAVING power, |
Ind when next he kills his xn1ther-ln-1av.
HeH lot you uatne the hour!D
xI-
1lte-ed the City Editor,
And heaved mis- bosom then,
or even City Editors
Ara. af3er a11, but men,
mt he dsthed the tear-drops from his sve
And stee1ed his pttying heart, i
nd said : Though harsh my duty IL,
mutt act Roman part I
eznnot hign this docu,nent,-- :. !
Tho Smith must perish soon,
ut we'll give him bpliy good repor4
In next Saturdays TRIBUNE !"
nd the delegates gladly did accept
1ha Editor's priceless boon.