Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-04-09
The pnem Last Night

VI a lal4iE iili1 ltHA iilt e li Au aae- 1 will spin the yarn: (,hose cards are minel- On night like tiiis, n slXJy-aIne,
 h kI ga saloun with a rousing nose. I Wss on bsale- th the boys. 'r,yas pretty rough crowd, and l, haif-slunr. Vas telling the rest with whiskey-slib tongue. How found a n i.,;ei, m sixty-three, And cliucked 1t away in a hollow tree, , For felr the blamed scrub prospecting with m if its siEa and value be happened to sec, Might tumble to it. and slit my gullet . While slept. or end me with ballet. C-rwss a chispa, of almost solid geld, With :; lit,.e q rtz just enough 10 hold The metal together, and make It bright By contrast with the rocks clear white.) And how. when went back there alone, Like coyote going to hunt bone
 He had hid, l could hardly ind the gold. For q trail was peterel out and old; But whe. found it I got Iaore dinero Than I ever made a. a mere rsuchcro. An. these days were flush, you bet your boots, IL sasu t the kind Of life tha; suits The CT derEeet fresh from the States; Bat we f,ared not the fisnls, and dared the fate 70 do their worst. ss with shovel aud pick, We worked all day save when drunk or sick, And Gancsl. and gaInbled. and drank all night Bat to my story. Ls I, while tight. Was telling how hard it was find The hollow tree, as the trail went blind, With a kind or snssr. in chlppei Doc. Dean No sloueh was Do-, md too proud to he mean; And when God calls at the judgment stand, On Doe. to ante and show his hand. lie will hold four aces and take tae pot. Though the preachers did call him drunke
 zot.'
 IT he h.d staid sober he might haTe been great But be kept on drinking. andcalled it Fate Doc. was full iitat night. and began To say, h s sor. Of teasing maldln way, He won q be. a slug that l Was drunk, The day when triei to hide the chunk; Ina, kind Of r.led me, and SO. said l, If you aad gold. would gamble high. To hide 1t you wOulCn't sJ much as try; But would inst make tracks fo- saloon, And be dru.1l1 anl broke AS you are now. soon.' The boys al Imagined. and Doc. turuel red, And spoke out quick. kind or md and said: 1 I have e. thousand h.d under the floor os my house olt yoader, and five hundred nor In my trunk. and will be. you the whole. You haven't ten dollars O save your soul | Then we both were ho.. but the fellows knew l We were both of us drunk. so nothing wou!l cS 1 But he and mus shake alds. t.ey saii 1 And drink to-ethe- and | e of to bed. l We all clinked glasses an took some rye; ] | paid for the uHnA-. and iha- was wIy ! Isls t'ill a hs- Loo lins;. orlcry cu-s. ] Who had been near by st the first of the fuss, ! Had sid away. but iilu't chssp ! Or think abou. it. anL was soon asleep ! W. Bill you'ye beat me clean, swear, ] Well, ale in the s.aks-; know its square. A llau can't gas and play cards too, | Bat t!.e story soon oyer; I'll hurry through. ! "As the Doctor from Kings was going down | To his home. mile below the town. ! He stumbled and fell. he was SD ght | And slept by a tree. on the ground all night, | He woke when the birls were twitterins away [ Their clear. caeery chorus to dawains day. ! Ills bones were aching and chilled Nith cold 1 And he said to himself Twas but S1nday l told Ny wife I'd be sober this week, but, GoI bless her, She n he all the more tender when carsss her, 1 And tell her I ID punish cd already-this pain In my head and my breast is SO awful. Again and again has she tried to redeem me and save
 me,
 How can forge. that q e pure heart she gave me Is near broken anl crushed by my rio-ous life. Heaven e 9 me to shield yor, my darling young
 vile.
 From ulysalf-F-orn my blight, Hear me, God.as
 swear.
 That tho care sae llas bo-a- she shall never more
 bear.
 And that never again shau her dear face he Prlel with grief or crinsoael with shame for
 n--
 Then Dean walked on, and it -eenel to him That h future smiled far. though hls eyes grew
 din,
 As he thought how has wife watched through the
 night
 For step that came not. and kept the 'igli; Tn be open window to guide him right; Soon his has:euine feet brouEh, his home in
 sight.
 How peaceful it l-o!,eI. ia the flush of the lawn, With white iFy-clad walls, and tLe dew of the
 morn
 On the flowers eiitteEiuE peadan;-an the cor
 roses seeming Diamond lecEeL and thr Ni.e-lilies modestly
 g'elminz. And the he!iotrope> la7islins wealth of per-
 fame.
 Like an offering of ineens- to he- unto whom They owed each days culture and delicate care He nelrei the house. now. and saw the glare Of the lamp burning still the window there Ind a vague unelsiness letpel to his brain. And wounded his heart " .Jh a fo.e61iing pain.
  The gentle young wife. hi= mains;ay. his pride, Was lying stretched on the floor. where che diel. With dark bruises showing as traces where The murderer eraspcl her throat. white and bare. That scoundrel m the saloon had heard Our drunken quarrel, ana at the word. Had slipped away in the dark to steal The money Dsan hal trie | 10 conceal. But had disclosed in makiua his boast h reply to mo. An, dread aas the cost ro poor Doc--for the ro5ber when Deans wife Had ss-elusI with ear. to prevent tho strife And moi e. had chnlsed her and left her dead. Tho broken floor and the ro-n trunk sad The rest.
 But the depths of poor Dsa1'- grief None bat Go knsv. The moment brief, Wheu, with bared heads. we men stood there And saw hs wofuL biaI i spair, Was like eternity to me And even now seem to see Tle rhastly flco and hear the moan or tlat s.ro1.. brave man as he lag there.pro1e On the floor aud writhe1 a. his dead wife's side. Knowing lt ygsls by his flrlt ,ha diel; And, ia his a1r1is'l at laz. he cried. He had killed her, ana wanted to live no longer; But, after a pause, he se,nsl 70 grow stronger. And went 5o be medicine ,:se in the room, And there. with a look more Of sladness than
 gloom. Seized b3:tIe ot poison. an |. ere'wc could stir Had swallowed its contents, and falling upon Cried, Inns atone for the wrongs I have done
 her. Anldiej .n a moment.
 
 We buried them ,l,ere Tn one sraTo. sils by s.le, ol 8 hill bleak and
 bare"
  No, boys. let's go honc-I don't want to drink Wore liquor tr-aight-for never ca- think Or that scens. but tho whisky tastes bitter, like
 gall, And the wine sour and fat, and over them fall The sh1 lpS aa pal ot tho death anl despair They brought to poor Dsln in she w.lds of Tulare- IRE proprietors of the CITIZEN wish it to be borne in mind that they do not employ any nne to solici1 advertisements or job work for them and that such things shonld be given to none other