The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-07-03


A fitting preeent TO select.
Jewell or bronze or def;
And let II be such gift as thou
Would'st choose Tor thine own self
On such occasion one should not
Be covetous Of pelf.
II.
Forth Jared the husband and the wife
To the store of Tiffany;
Whom she had heard her husbands word
An angry wife WAS she
He hath thought emo, she said, "of Flo,
But never thought Of me.
He knoweth, or he ought b. know, .
II he knoweth anything,
That the dress wear was worn threadbare
When l had it turned this spring.
When at the Easter-tide the theme
OF hats dared o broach,
He said, You may, but in way
or infinite reproach,
NV references to expenditure
or llars-e'en OF dimes
Are'met with gloomy lectures on
The hard ess of the times.
And yet, In spite Of his complaints,
When IL is Cousin Flo,
To whom birth ny gift he'd give
He oAn find cash eno."
He should have known" the wife went on,
With q sardonic grin,
Not only Flo's cousin am
But IN a reuse her twin.
Her hlrth aud mine are on one leaf
OF he family Bible ~rit
NV birthdays On the same day as hers,
But be does not think of 1t.
Satsuma are. or bronzes fair,
Or dead gold jewelry
To his Flos he ding. but anything
Ii good enough for me ~
In such ungentle mood ehe came
To the store of Tiffany.
~.
"We grosaer mortals cannot Judge
Tween diamonds and tween PASTE"
The husband said unto his wife;
And hence on woman's taste
Implicit reliance In such things
AS these must aye be placed.
Sit down. my dear, selection make
AS IL twere for yourself
OF any pretty article
In show case or on shelf.
care not what tho price may be
Or what the article;
An 1t please thine eve, have it put by
And will foot the BILL"
A hendish thought was in that wife's heart,
And she smiled as il In elee,
AS they brought her there al that was fair
In the store OF Tiffany.
These diamond earrings, said her lord,
Seem handsome unto me-"
Diamonds, said she. are worn no more
In the best society"
Fair is this string Of Orient pears"
"Tis pretty, without doubt
But read in the last Sunday World
That pearls were going out"
"Goodly to see these opals be-"
"John, opals do not wash
And they only wear coral jewelry
In the wilds Of far Oshkosh.
No woman that respects herself
Wears costly jewels now
She leaves their use to the parvenues
Add the Bowery maids, I trow.
An had nv choice of all the store
For my own self, wis
No article in it would more
Suit with my taste than this"
vi.
"What?" said the lord, reluctantly,
Perchance you're satisfied,
But AZ q gift would not this look,
In the poets language snide?"
She beat the pavement Of the store
With an impatient toe;
whats good enough for me-" she said,
Isn't good enough for FLOP"
Her husband marked an angry flush
On her round cheek come and go;
did not mean that, Louisa, dear
You should not answer 80.
Ho, salesman in package do
Ne up this article
Send it to-day to this address,"
The salesman said, " Will,"
And the husband he got back some change
Out of q i've dollar bill.
VII.
= The wife has hardly reached her house
When at the door she sees
A wagon, the superscription
Whereof is Titfany's.
They give to her parcel small,
She tears the paper away,
Withins card, ITO my dear wife,
On her twenty-third birthday"
She opens the casket with trembling hand,
And it to her eyes doth show,
The twope my halfpenny article
She had picked out for Flo
Which she had sworn beyond return
In the monde was all the 90
Her dark eyes filed with tears, for breath
moment she did catch,
And gazing on her husbands gift,
She softly said, ''rhe wrrrrrrrrrFrretchl!l ll''
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