Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-15
TABITHA TOPR.

Perfection and grace
In figure aud face.
In n way that 1 will not attempt TO explain
!iut will only say,
In shorter way.
She made up her beauty by handsomely dress
As nature had been rather spare Of that bless
M.
OF maids aud dressmakers she had full
score.
AND a carriage with rnonegrams painted Ger.
Was II wonderful. then.
That the ''callow' young men
Should think her an angel charming
creature.
Exquisite in figure ami stunning in feat
She had crushed the hearts of dozen or
hor"'
Her paw he was wealthy, her 'beaux' they
A. foppisa and foolish rs she could desire
They swallowed Der ''maw's' murdered gram
And laughed at the wit and stale jokes of
her sire.
There ioas a blank time in un earlier year.
When ropp was an humble retailer or beer;
by Close calculation. by constantly saving.
ny Wild speculation, BY pinchng and shaw
He prosporci at las, in his worldly affairs,
Aud rose from the foot To the top Of tue
stairs.
OF all of the besrnx with which Table was
hest rg
One sutton was sweeter than all of the rest;
His pink and white features, his exquisite
His mustache of scmi-inyisihIe hairs.
His diamonds, his rings and his SNOWY attire,
Were all that her frivolous heart conla desire.
He talked OF fast horses, of Letting ana
drinking 40.
He laughed nj the motion of working or
thinking.
While Mrs. Topp gave him the best of her
wine,
& And ialkci a great deal 40 that dawtah o
mine.
q woman! fair siren. men can not Withstand
70 The cup of destruction that Turks in your
How Oft have the nobie,t hacn led and be-
TO taste the bright poison because you have
sd. smesil
Men cid TO your beauty and subtle control.
They drink and they die, wrecked in body and
soul,
SO Tabi,ha married Augustus Fitz Noodle,
And started away with her husband and poo
die,
To "Yerrup' her 'iswd'' cordescended to
So she was as happy as money could make
her.
They crossed the Atlantic, they landed in
They ,arried at dissoute Paris awhile. ,t.
They saw the whole city, You know, at 4
And greatly enjoyed ali its ~splendah an
They visited Sicily, Naples and Rome.
They gazed at ''san Petah's' magnificent
They went TO the Vatican. saw Plus TX.
An lors o old martyrs an saints. very fine"
They crossed the tall Alps, they descended
Viewed ali the old castles AMI notable
places.
They ihorght the Old ruins, tho striking aud
Would have looked very well aft they wasn't
Went over 10 England. attended the races,
Then. greatly disguised with foreign af-
fairs"
They crossed the wild waves and came home
for repairs.
Time glded away with a great deal of ehang-
How many fond lovers n few years est:angei
Poor "fahbie grew older and thinner and
whittier,
Forgot how to smile aud soon learned how To
suutter.
Because her Augustus would lie in the gut
ter.
In short, his attentions had ceased to de-
light her.
He drank and be gambleG. he lived very fast
He died, one dark night, with the ''tremens.'
AT !ast.
-M;siortGne," It's said, .nevcr travels
alone,
Aud riches have wings for,hcy often have
The wealth Il the Tops, being deeply in
VOWED
In wild speCulstions. one dark day dissolved
The Sheriff came down like the wolf on the
fold
Their house and rich furniture had to be sold .
Now hose who bad loudly protested to ad-
mire
The Tops. when they dressed in their snowy
attire.
Pronounced them exceedingly vulgar and
vain
The fashionable brethren all frowncd with dis
Gain.
They heard Of the change in their worldly af-
fairs.
And ceased to remember the Tops in their
prayers.
Forsaken by friends and avoided by ALI
Even those they despisei now rcioiced in
their fall
".
There - sorrow and shame there is want and