Smyrna times., 1882-04-12
The Stranger and the Spike
~ THE EAID or LOWER NALL

HY THE BhID or COVER NALL
\ stranger to the city came.
It's glorious Sights Ia see.
The Han OF Independence loved
By Ill the brave and free;
ne pleds4n' parks. the water works
The bridge they call "Su>penSion"
And AL the many sights that might
BE worthy ut attention
lie saw the women gailY dressed
Come forth from hut and mansion.
lie saw them with their lungs compressed
And with their skirts expansion
He saw the lily and the rose
On many q cheek unite;
Ana never thought of Li1lid rOnOr"
Or dreamed of lin lUhite'
lie saw the ladies sweep the walks
With sill and satin trails,
Ana caught the glance OF beanliug eves
Behind illusion wells
And one whose eyes he thought were bright.
by chance her veil let fail
lie looked to catch glee N of love
She had no eyes at all!
Ht stood aghaSt but IL was Sc
FOR seeing was believing
And he condemned illusion wells
As Rwfully deCevinR.
he got into city car
One day while IL was raining.
They numbered twenty-One inside
And every rib was Strainng
None could get out for none could use
Their hands to give pull
In front the smiling driver sal
Ana said he was not full
market woman. large and fat
Aud ON her brow frOwn
Looked wistinl on the strangers lap
Then Oh his enceS sat down
She had market basket ftIll
And IN umbrella too,
All soaked with wet; she thrust the point
Down in the strangers shoe
his Sll0e with water OYerflOWe1
And palld was his cheek:
de tried to get the woman up
But had no breath IT, speak
DE found ut last. that she was Dutch
And i'll despair he tries
To see II any in the car
Could give the Dutch for rise"
He got the word, and lef. in haste
To get sOnle stockings dry.
Ana ever after. when it rainpd
lie let the car 20 by
Another thing the stranger did
OF course he made call
And got Il suit of the very best
Up at the Tower Hall;
And thus arrayed. he locked abou,
To see what next to do
Then went upon SCHliOld high
To get another view
pom some object. lar away
His earnest gaze was bent
He made step his footing missed
And headlOng down he went.
4 number who were standing by
Supposed his life had ended
But halfway down upon a spike
He caught and hung suspended
\ crowd collected rn;iai the spot
The sad result To hear
Bat still upon the strangers cheek
There came no shade of fear
At length he spoke and said NV friends
BE firm and act your part:
Ny clothes were bought at TOWER Hall
And not stitch will start.
own that my position here
do not really like;
For all the hopes have in life
Are hung upon spike
And II the story geLS abroad,
My credit will be ended;
For rivals with malicious Tongues
VIII say have suspended
The crowd by this time got O rope
And rigged a nice invention
They lowered 1t down. !, was too short;
He asked for no crtenSiOn
They gave him time for time It took
To get the rope he wanted.
But soon the stranger frum the spike
Was taken down undauRied.
His pants acre Slightly Out Of shane,
But acre not torn al Gll--
lie asked the crowd to be excused
And left for TOWER HALL
But wildly on the crowd did rush
To where he led the way
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The stranger and the spike.
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