The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-05-04
VOLUME XXI
P0R LIFE IND DEATH


.x,uyft to be aone''-ens IT was that he said,
sue Daetor. rs You stopped him at the door?
,sr never try TO smile aud shake thy head
'iiiealId ha' told thea ifsst ~ weiisafase.
,hsveuft liyed these thirty years to want
psrsosss or women telling what is nigh
rsen the pulse labors and the breath Is scant.
In, all grows dim before the glazing eye s
,sot that something gave here. at my heart
I.sbst last ttissie, down there on the Scar.
say never cry; fond Ass ,ssss e g thousarts
rsns,'st been a good and patient wife to me.
ii, that Spring day, last year. when we were
,over meant so cold and strange to be. ssssSs
Come. an I'll tell thee. Sit here by my bed.
4 where the sunshine rests upon thy hair,
Il shows almost as smooth and bright as
4 no giri wooed in Dunkerque, over there
Fie. how tbe Thought tho sfackening life
.s1d pIg9a HACK W ewes so quick to flash and mi,
n rje,, red lips so ripe for kiss and vowf 4
nj nof ys,,1r spell work me enow Of I'll, @ @sgs
That you must haunt and yex me even nowl
rsxore. as we drove out into the gale,
And staggering down mid-channel went the
3savsr 1t nnnkdfque Pier to furlmv safss
while / md the old Lion kept afioat;
DE pier where she md her French lover
laughed
At the poor trusting fool who had his due;
Saiek though bis hand few to the keen knife'a
i The English fist was yet more quick and
a true.
IN and her beaten sweetheart, do they pirate
Yet Of her triumph? Let them, an, they
81 please, -...-..s.
a hall know naught about it, lying straight
81 I[poa the headlaad, meath the tall firltraess
*1sfhf couid ha' been content, my LASS
with thee, and thy blue yes and quiet wavs !;
hou hast thy bairn, and as the calm years
Md fsi risf forget thy stormy April DAYS. =
loa,rt young and bonnie still, my wench. !.
"a Thoult make
81 happy wife yet. Choose some quiet chap
8Rogf love the little 'un for thy sweet sake.
q Ind bear thee to some inland home, may hap,
FIRE rough and stern, we on the sea-board
lad can't forget, or smooth a ranking
me close; there's Just one thing left to be
# said, @&A
afore I'm dumb forever, underground. ..
night they watched the hfe-boat driven
se rocket battling vainly with the blast,
bic the good bark, amid the roar and wrack
f9Fe s@dl truek k--snd lay there hard
y neither saw nor heede ;as the fash
cold blue fire lit all, above below,
French flag flying Ger the. whirl and
crash, sEs s Es5fsE. IS Esssss
louise, Dunkerque," the letters on her
4 pow& ssAA s, AksAA &AA
In plunged. fought, and reached the sink
nR bark,
Be Old hot poison fierce in every veffi,
sdon two sailors. shrieking IN the dark,
be them to land, and turned to swim
again. ~ hsa sasRs E@sSz Seasl sass =
spins the rigging yet one man found;
- caught him, Struggled on; the beach was
aheI" ne sasped, ana mia ths ross
snew the voice last heard on Dunkcraue
murderer's lust surged to the throbbing
- heart.
amuFaerers cunning lopsed the saving
81 hand.
as but to LET him go: I'd doue my part )
tsisei and avenged! Why, thus 'twere well
Ia mland
she No cloud on her bright life should
srest, rsiT -ssss sg4ss sss Ses 81
Hhs Ieould ward it; love and hate at strife
8nment. then. snatehed from the breaker s
n s crest = 49, ~. - ssssis $50 - - ~
ldFasged him, stunned and bleeding, back
r folfe sfsT =. sss ! -
neheW hurt myself, and SO IT'S over,
aaa better so for all. ThouIt rear the lad
make some Yorkshire lass arfhonest lover,
Aef tell him all the wrong his mother had;
III sometlpes for thou'r RI kind-when stars
IA afe 5uts = 81 %s
q blow,
ean say: Thy father had his faults, no
llhe died 20 save his bftteresefoe.
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