Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-12-04
Dropping Into Poetry.

4 fserses, or partially composed ,l,em, and
/ thought you might help me finish
them and print them Ma says they
they are real nice as far as they 60, and
pa takes the Eagle every day"
She was handsome creature, with
beautiful blue eyes and crow ming glory
rs yellow rs golden rods. There was
an exlic,tant look on her flcc a hopeful
mes. that appealed 70 ,hc hottest emo
tons. and theexcbangc editor made up
his mind not To crush the longing of
that pure heart If he never struck an
othc. lick
"Mav show you the poetry" con
tinue! the ripe red mouth yum vum)
You vii see that couldn't get 'h" las,
lines Of the verses. and If iou would be
50 kind as to help me
Help her. Though he had never even
red a line Of poetry, the exchange edi-
/ tor eelt the spirit of the divine art food
| his soul. as hc Welded to the bewilder-
ing music. Help her. Well he should
smile.
'"rhc fret verse runs like this" She
went on taking courage from his eyes:
How sonlv sweet the antnm air
| The diving woodland fills
| Anl nature turns from rCStful care"
''To anti-biliouS pills" added the OK
change editor with jerk" ".Iu,t the
thing. 1t rhymes. and its SO. You take
anybody now. iIalf the people YOU
! meet are
Il suppose you know best" interrupted
the Young girl: Il hadn't thoncht of it
of such things Now The second verse
is more like this:
The dove eyed kline upon the moor
Iook tender. medS ANA sal:
While from the valley comes the roar
t'Of the inaicif!e-s liver pad" roared
the exchange editor. There you get it
That finishes the second so rs to match
with the first 1t combines the fashions
with poetry and carries the idea right
home 10 the fresidc If | had your
ability in starting verse with my gen
ius in winding il up, Ia quit the bu,i-
ness tomorrow"
"Thimk so?" asked the fair Young lady.
at don't strike me as keeping up the
theme"
"You don't want to. You want to
break the theme here and there. The
reader likes it better. Oh, yes Where
you keep up the theme it gets mono,on-
GUS"
Prehals that. So" rejoined the beau.
ty, Frightening up. Il didn't think OF
that. Now, III read the third verse"
''How sadly droops the dying day,
! As night springs from the glen,
And moaning twilight seems 20 say"
"'The old mans drunk again. would
Mt do, would it," asked the exchange
editor.
Somebody else wrote that, and w
might be accused OF plagiarism"
"We must have this thing original
Suppose we say-now just suppose w
say, "Why did spout my Benz"
Is that new: inquired the swee
rosy lips" AT least never heard i
before ! don't know what it means.
New" Deed it, new Ben is tn
Presbyterian name for overcoat. an,
spou; means to hook. why did spou
my BerIT means Why did | shove IN,
topper That's just " hat twilight woulo
think Of first, you know. Oh, don't b.
afrad-that's just immcnSe"
well. III leave it to YOU" said th'
glorious girl with smile that pinne.
The exchange editors heart to his spine
This is the fourth verse:
The merry milkmaid's sombre song
| Rc-eehoed from the rocks,
| As silently she trips along
With ho' es in both her socks, b,
Jove" cried the delighted exchang,
editor "Iou see"
"Oh, no, no." demonstrated the blush
ing maiden. :Not that"
."Ceriainiy,' protested the exchang'
: editor, warming up Nine to one she'
got EN-, and YOU give fidelity to fact
with wealth of Poiiic;ilT expression.
nv N'i'N Va iC~Ait S''N'''fs ~ sp'
can't state thing as they are. 1t ain
like prose But here we bust all es
tahli-hed notions, and put up an actua
/, exisiei,4e with 81 veil Of genuine poetr,
. over il. think that's about the bes
: idea we've struck yet"
81 don't seem to look at it as you do
but of course you, are the best judge
Pa thought ought to say
4 "As silently she trips along.
IN autums yellow tracks
"Wouldn't that do?''
"Do. Just look at IL. Does track
rhyme to rocks? Not in the Brookll
Eagle it don't. Besides when you sa,
] tracks and rocks you give the i'm
: preston Of some fellow heaving thing