Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-08
IElEMACHUS VERSUS MENTOR.

Don't mind me. beg you. old fellow, I'll do
very Well here aIone;
7 on must not be kept from your ''GrrInan' be-
cause I've dropped in like stone;
Leave aii ceremony uenIni you. leave All thought
OF aught but yourself,
And leave, you iIk", the Madeira, and y dozen
cigars on the shelf.
AS Tor me, you will say to our hostess-Well,
scarcely need give you cue.
Chant my praise All viii list to Apollo. though
Mercury pipe tu u lew;
say just what YOU please, my dear boy there's
more elUqueuce lies IN youths ra,h
outspoAen heart Impulse Than ever sr"wled
under this grizzly mustache-
Co, don the dress-coat OF our tyrant-you,h's
panoplied armUr for fight
And TIE the white nrckcluin that rufuples, like
pleasure. aud lasts but night,
And pray the Nine Gods to avert you what time
tue Three SISTERS shall irown,
And you Ii lose your high comedy figure. and
SIT more At ease III your gown.
He's of There's hi foot on the staircase. by
Jove. what u bound Really now
Dri ever leap like thus springaid, and Loves
chaplet srrcn on my brow?
Was such an ass No. Iancy. Indeed, ! re-
member quite PLAIN:
a gravity mixed win my transports. cheerful
ness soltencd my pain.
He's gone There's the slam of his cab door,
there's the cIniter oil h.,uis and wheels
And wuie he ihe lignt toe Is tripping, In this
armchair l III tilt up my heels.
He's gone. anu Ior what? For u tremor from
For rosebud that crumped by many before
II Is gathered by one.
Is there nuught in the halo of youth but the glow
OF passionate race
Midst the cheers and applause Of crowd-to
the goal Oi IL beautiful lace?
race that is not to the swirt, prize that no
merits enforce,
But won by some Taineant youth who shall
siinpiy walk over the courseP
Poor boy shall shock his conceit2 When he
talks OF her checks loveliness.
Shall say TWINS the air OF the room, ard WAS
due to carb0nic eXccss2
That when waItzins she dropped on his breast
and the VEINS OF her ey.Iids grew dim.
Twas oxygen absence sne felt, but never the
presence OF him 2.
Shall tell him First Love is a fraud, a weak
ling that's strangle'l IN birth,
Recalled with pertunctory tears, but lost in un
sanctiicd mirih?
Or shall go bin hIm believe in all woman K ind =
charm. and forget
In the iIsnt ringing laugh OF the world the rattle
snakes gay cnsanet?
Shall tear out leaf from my heart. from that
book that Is forever shut
On the past? shall speak of my first love
-Augus'a-Iny Ladge But
forget. Was 1t really Augusta2 No. Twas
Lucy No Mary No. Di
Never mind, they were all first aud fSthless,
and yet I've forgotten just why.
| No. no. Let HIM dream on and ever. Alas he
will wuken too soon;
| And it doesn't look we'll for October to always
be preaching at June.
Poor boy All his fond foolish trophies PINNED
| yOnder-a bow, from her hair,
a few b'Hets-do"r. invitations, and-what'
| thls7 My name declare.
Humph! you'll come, for I've got you a
| priZe-with beauty and money end;
| You know her, l think; twas dit she once
was engaged To your friend;
| But she says that's all over" All, ie it? Swee
Ethel Incompatible maid
| Or-what if the thing were u trick ?-this letter
80 freely dsHayed-
| NY opportune presence No nonsense! Will
| nobody answer the bell?
| Call II cab Half past ten Not loo late yet. Oh
| Ethel Why don't you go2 Well?
| Master said You would wait-'Hany youl
master ''Hsve ever message to send2'
Yes, tell him 've gone to the German to danca
with the friend of his friend
Bret Haite, in Hsrper's Magazine for June.