Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-29

IT little Gram Court lives old man Gram
The patriarch Of the place.
w here often you'I n see his face
lager and greedy. peering about.
a. he gOes busting in and out
Ala Wriggiing. rickety pace
.bflSk cctOgenaTian's pace.
lie TattieS his stick al my heels. and brags.
BTags his riches and brags OF his rag,
Much work and little play
- You see where am says old man Gram
You see where / am to-day.
g came 10 town az twelve years old.
With shilling in this err Pocket''-
You should see ham chuckle and knock IL.
With fortunes i"cke,i i'm the tin: but guessed,
silver Key would unlock it
Ny ittI. Key would unlock IT,
I found in a rag shop kept b. jew
a place to sleep and job TODD
And manageable make my shilling two.
And that = always been my way.
Now ~'-e where am. - cries old man q ram
wow see where 1 am tO-dsy!''
In his den atop 81 the butchers shor
He lies in his iair Of husks.
And Suis ON gruelS and rlsks,
And bone now and then 10 pick and gnaw.
With hardly tooth in his tough old jaw,
But couple Of curious tusks-
All, picturesque. terrible tuSksl
nhough nail Cram Court he calls his own,
tntil. like hungry wolf. he has grown
,saunt and shaggy and gray.
h"n zee where am, - growled old man Gram.
A looked Ia tO-,iay.
81 might have wife to make my broth.
And yOunkers 20 call me father.
But wife would be aft r my chilk, YOU see;
And bantlingS for them that IKE Snarlcs he:
=. never would have the bother
q, Ihey ~ an awful expense and bother:
went t0 propose AZ hfty-fOur
But stopped a. | raised my hand To- the door:
- To think 0f dozen hTatS more
says /. and turned away.
Now SEE where l am. - bTags old man Gram
only >ee where l am to-day.
al had once niece, who,came to town
a p""r a. any church mouse:
She wanted Ia keep my house.
- Tut. have HB house To Keep: GO hack
gave her dollar. and told her To- pack:
At which she made such tOuSe-
\ GA never did So such tOuSeI
Whole rows Of houses Were mine she sail:
had more hank shares than hairs in my head.
And gpldlike ~ much iron or lead
All Of which couldn't gainSay.
Men so where am. = grinS old man Gram
They SEE where l am day.
g. But II there i anything detest.
And for which have no occasion.
Sir. lis a poor relation.
They ~ always plenty and always in need:
Take one. and SooI, YOU will have 10 feed
just about half the nation
They II swarm from All over the nation
And have "A rule. though 10 : nothing new
lis one that learned from my friend the jew
Whatever | fancy. whatever do.
Away ask. Will " pay!
Now see where ! am, : boasts old man Gram
just see where am to-day
The little boys dread iiis coming tread.
And the Saucie>; ours are shy.
His stick i ~ thick and he looks 80 grim:
Not even bcgGaT viii hey of him:
You should hear him mention why.
There : very gO1d reason why.
The ppoT ne hates. and ne hash { a friend.
And none hut fppl viii give or lend:
=. For. only begin. there II lie no end
That's what ] always say.
Now SEE where | am. - crows old man Gram
just see where am to-day
His misery gain is the harvest grain:
An the resi- il chaff and stubble:
And the life beyond il a bubble,
W = as the beasts: and he thinks on the whole
j II quite a. well that he has no soul.
For that might give him trouble
Might give him deal of trouble.
The long and short 1f the old mans cree,l
Is To live for himself and To feed his greed.
The world i a very gOOd world indeed.
II only chap might stay:
''Only stay where am. - whineS old man q ram
''>tay Just where | am today
~. T. TRow BRIDGE. in HGrpsr's Yr1azias for
JGHUOTB.