Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-12-06
NIgijluI Contributions.
The .MaSkerS.
3Y MARY HOLM.

low iircs. me to wsis through the long ar q
ush.,
III .leelles. ana lone FIR he coming II ligh;
% hear .h- i al whi,i eri-.s ihr Ugh ,he Jai
breeze;
20 feel he IL t Ial.ed by inyi,iD.e Wigs,
And ii ace al. y live wi h intangible .hio.s,
HE he yiacs ha.l i.eari 81 Il iris aiid ewes
ishe Il, wonder ii We are NJ re real our-e.yes.
me hit when he moon through The dari
clu.l.ls siione clear
Like 3 newly born SOUL full Of wonder and fear
aZins lr.Ei he far hei ,hts wi 4 ri y sublime
N he sorrowing mi DnS Of .reacherols time;
Ae wan "a lily |. IN; falling over he .aad
Jade i; seem hat he end of all things was al
hand
N! was /: a dream ha. was bora of the pain
That was tearing my hear, and rackiIg my
brain,
,r vi ii IN TO comfort and siren'hen me given,
trough; down by he purified dweliers otheaven?
know MOI. Bui there a, wal ed, The years
Walked solemaly by with their burdens of fears:
And weepings and groaHings were scattered
br adca,t
ill prayed nat cacn Coming e0' "iSiA' nc "'e
last.
/ was answered: The last, bound with letters
and n jngs,
Ill wild with lis ears, and all rel win lis
wrongs,
it, horrible lip, brea hing midew and rust,
:sla!hMay slrewn over with he, and dust,
ira .,el weariiy on; AID around where l stood
We're ,he wrecks of wha. God had pronounced
Every good
hen gigantic angel strobe downward TO s'ano'
me foo, on the sea- and one foot on the land;
md The star, hia heir light, tina. dread presence
before.
- he shouted, "iime was, bu: time shall be no
m re-
he ear Il va, all shrunken, her mountains de-
dressed
,yi,h The weight Of that terrible 1904 Oh her
breast
he ocean wa, s.illed in It's restless III r. ar,
md uuiy crins Lestled beside he dark ~ re.
he dead zen heir grave. il heir ioEs 'raii''a
shr,uds,
md went up 10 The Stars on . stairway o.
clouds.
, mass Of strange creatures, with cures ana
.,,sh;.s.. and screams, grazing har-h on my
ears,
anne "a heriny IN fr m all Ea;ipns and lands,
and all OF hem carried their masks II ihci'
La Ids.
1 wondered, what are ihe-e' and why 90 '"es
snake not, an.azement had stricken me DUMB
,.r bv he wier,i n. ,onli- hi Jaw WI II 81 al
III ,r,t. we're he ace, If .ho e hal kn,wl.
.. here l., ,ha h .rribie CT pwd a, J. m,vea,
saw. and knew may iaoes I'd loved
IN, heir faces, Oh heavens! were Of serlents
aud beats,
And heir m ,.h drip ing blood from heir vam'
Iire ieasts;
The men ia reyered fur heir taienl ana p""e''
!, ere raye.ils woiyes, seeHi ls WI III 20 "e''o'
md he wymel m ut iamei for eiivcry speech,
howei alders for tongues, singing all "i'h'
reach.
cr;.l i, my ;err r, "Gh! Christ, il Thy grace
Ear cren urcs like the and covered my lace
A. N. sound of hi. rame, all around me The all
rev sweet with he oiur Of unspoken prayer
And saw in The ,hrjng, when oieacA ny
VIA. at first had missed Ia my Fainfui sur
pie:
some form, in While raimen'' VIII i"'e' =
- sanis. 49,, .o,,,
"a, AorAing no evil, lips free rrom com
plat rs; =,
rhourh stun by he women ana 'o''u'e1 y
mefi,
yhe. ..ey we're revived they re'i'ed no' again
hen knew, am IL Ai'o"''s' '''
wept. .,. "a h..,
,,,.,v,, TONI, ed full soYely, The faith had Deer
kept.
,;a.a INV eyes 10 the late troubled SKIES
-. ~ "a wa, all While win Inc Coming sun
rFF4r rise. .
.,rret 10 my Vi ion: 'he masAei' VIZ 800
, urn, ,,,.rs a,d watched by my window alone.
when that day were along apd ike DINER o's
seemed,
md me. he fierce maskersS Of whom nae
dreamed;
| .b,t heir yelvety touchS conceaiea,
No Gangs Ina; my vii III by ni1 had ressale"
NJ mill " complai ance knev was snss,n,
In ma, a ders lay hiddel b4hind inc "n'.s
| teeth:
r,r saw The soft ligh' in he gliifering eyes
i y ,neh, sir, or msdam, know your Disguise
III. dnal ext ,teace must be great task
ro-cns i,le sed m snenf plea g lay on your H'asA