Smyrna times., 1882-03-29
The Stranger and the Spike

ia lHE BAkD OF TOWER MALI.
y stranger to the city came.
Its glorious sights To see
The Hall of Independence loved
BY all the brave and free;
ne pleasant parks the water works
The bridge they call Suspension
Ana all the many sights that might
BE worthy OF attention.
lie saw the women gaiy dressed
come forth from hut and mansion.
lie saw them with their lungs compressed.
ANA with their skirts expansion
lie saw the lily and the rose
TN many cheek unite:
ana never thought of" liquid rouge"
Or dreamed of "Ay lc.He'
He saw the ladies sweep the walks
win SIX and satin trails,
ana c9hght the glance of beaming eycs
Behind Illusion wells
ana one whose eyes he Thought wers hriebt
by chance her veil let fall:
he looked TO catch CLEAN of love
She had no eyes at all!
He stood aghaSt but il was so
For seeing was believing
And he condemned Illusion wells
As awfully deceiving
He got into a city car
One uay while IL was raining:
They numbered twenty-One inside
And every rib was StrAining
None could get out for none could NE
Their hands to give pull
In front the smiling driver sat
AND said he was not full
A market woman, large and fat
And on her brow lrown
L00ked wlstiul on the strangers lap.
Then OH his knees sat down
She hau marker basket full
And an umbrella too.
al soaked With wet; she thrust the point
Down In the strangers shoe
His Shoe with water OveriOwed
Ana pallid was his cheek;
he tried to get the woman up
But had no breath IL speak
He found ut last. that she was Dutch
And in despair he tries
20 ace u any in the car
Could give the Dutch for rise"
lie got the word, and left in haste
10 get some stockings dry
And ever alter when il rained
He let the car go by
Another thing the stranger did
or course he made call
ana got q SuiI of the very basj
Up at the TOWER HALL;
ana thuS errayed. he Looked about
10 see what next to do
Then went upon Scaffold high
To get another view.
Upon some object. Tar away
His earnest gaze was bent
lie made step his footing missed
And headlOng down he went
number who were standing hy
supposed his life had ended
But halfway down upon a spike
He caught. and hung suspended
! crowd collected round the spot
The sad result to hear:
But still upon the strangers cheek
There came. mo shade of fear
AT length he spoke and said NV friends
bC III III anu act your part:
MY clothes were bought at TOWER UAII
And not stitch will start
own that my position hore
do not really like
FOR all the hopes have in llf,,
are hung upon spike
And If the story gets abroad
MY credit will be ended;
For rivals with malicious tongues
VIII say have suspended "
Inc crowd by this time got a rome
ma rigged nice invention
They lowered 1t down, Il was too short.
He asked for 40 crteRStOn
They gave him time, for time it took,
TO get the rope he wanted
But soon the stranger from the sp;kc
was taken down undauHted
HtS pants 1geTe siilhty Out Of shape
But 0tre net toTE AZ QH--
he asked the Gr0Wd to be excused
anu lett for TOWER HALL
But wildly on the crowd did rush
To where he led the way
Inc hFm did sell thousand pair
~ pdntqtO0nS that ddg
80 when you want Ia get & sui;
Ut clothes that all must likes
Remember famous TOWER HALL
The stranger and the spike.
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nd Children's wear. at the very lowest prices an
uarantee every garment perfect.
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TOWER HALL CLOTHING BAZAAR,
Nos. 5l8 and $40 Market Street. PhiladelphiC