Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-09
poetry.
How Betsy and l Made Up.


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BY WILL ". CARLETON.
Give Us your hand. Mr.. Lawyer: how do you
do to-day'
You drew up that paper-I s'pose you want
your pay.
Don't Gu down your figures; mske il an \ or
aN;
For that ere written agreement ws' just the
maxim Of me.
Coin home that evcnin' tell you was blue.
Thinsin OF all my troubles, and what was
goiu' to do;
team aliv",
They'd We tipped me over. certaiu, for
cOu dn't where to drive.
No-for wss lsborn' under ah~svy load:
No-for | wa- trsyeiln an entirely different
For ! VA, a-tracin' over the path Of our lives
agin.
And .cein' where We missed the way. aud
where we might have been.
And mSny 4 corner we'd turned that just to
qusr Re. le,i,
when / ought t, We held my temper, and
driven straight ahead
Aud ia. more thought il over the more these
memories r.mr,
And the more I .'racs the opinion thai wa
the mos, to blame.
And things had long forgotten kept rl.in IN
my mind.
Of little maitrr, bctwixt u. where Betsy was
good aud hind
And these thing, flashed All ihr ,ush me.
YOU know thiag. sometime will
when a ltllcr's alone in tue d.Isnes-. and cN-
erything j. still.
"Rut" says / "we'rs too far along to take
another track,
Aud " hen put my hand 10 the pow do not
IN II turn back;
And tAIut an uncommon thing now for couples
to smash IN two.
And 80 .,t my ,re,n together, and NoSei III
set It through
When come in .ighr o the house twas some
at 10 the night,
And Ju-t turned hilltop see the kitchen
light;
Which onrn = h.u'.ome pietur' 10 hun.r,
p-rsnn maxi,
But it don't interest feer much tbat- goin'
to pull up stakes.
And when went in the house, the table vs.,
-ct Tor me
A. good = supper. ever saw, nr ever want to
And | rAmmeI The agreement down INV
pocket IS. ""ll a. | cou d.
And tell Ia eAttn' IN, NIc.uAi>, which some how
didn't taste good.
And Brt.ey. she pretended to look Ab'ut the
house,
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