The Red Cloud chief., 1882-10-13
WILLIAM Brown. or OREGON.

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They called him Bti. Tn. hIrcs man.
nnt she. her name was Mary Jane.
me squire da,ishter: and GO reign
The belle II IN H.S -she1s Z, Dsn.
Her lifae Yafn ,. How lovers rash
.,of miffc.is NJ the speiiiny~cbooi'
ffow uasT n mute. fnyiDrsous foI
wrote rhynes AMI $ KIN d sud dycd-saxsiooaN
The h'rcf man had loved her long.
Hsh loved her best and hrut and last:
ber very garments M she passed.
yer Bis hal symphony and aong.
10 when one day with brow afn,wu
rne caiic1 him " fiil," he raised his heod.
ne caught her eye and. fsiteriny .asd:
love you; ana my name 10 Brown"
She fairly wsltxcd with rage; she wepf;
o woutd have thought the house on IRE
She told Der sire. the portiy squire.
Then .fneit her sme.lins sslts AMI slep1.
Fuyr william did Whist could be done:
~" swung q . stu on each hip.
He gathered up a grca, or whip,
And drove toward the setting sun.
He crossed the srca, back bone OF earth.
~ saw the snowy mountains roiied
~ awful sunsets: saw the birh
ofs udden dawn upon the plain.
And every nIght would William Brown
Eaf pork ana tcsns, AMI then iie down
And dream sweet dreams OF gentle Jane.
Her lovers passed. wolve. hunt I'm packs.
nhcy sought for bigger game; somehow
b seemed Ia see above her brow
The forky sign Of turkey tracks. $50
IN. tcier b tard ~ life goes Mp,
The tftcr-IoHrd Of life goes down.
The . wcetcst face must learn to frowu.
The biggest dog has been n pup.
n. maidens! pluck not ut the air;
The sweetest flowers ] have foun1
Grow rather close unto the sruund,
ana highest place, are most bare.
Why you had better w n the grace
OF one poor cusscd African.
Than win the eyes OF every man
In love alone with bis own face.
At last she Burscd q new desire.
She sighed. she wcpt for William Brown.
shc watched the splendid sun go down
Like some great sailing ship on fire.
Then rose and checked her trunk right on:
And I'm the cars she lunchcd and iunchcd.
ANA had her ticket punched and punched,
untii she came To Oregon.
Shc reached the limit OF the lines.
she wore blue speck< upon her nose,
Wore rather short and manly clothes,
Ana so set out e. reach the mines.
Her right hand held a Testament,
Her pocket lid % parasoL,
And thus equipped right on she went,
Went waterproof and Waterfall
Shc met a miner gxzing down,
SLOW SURFING something with a spoon:
tell me true and tell me soon.
What has become of William BROWN
lie looked a~kanrc beneath her sp.cs.
Then stirred his cocktail round and round.
Ineh raisch MS head ana sighed Profound,
""o siid' ne d fnded In hts checks
Ineh care ted on h"r daTayc check.
an. sue prew faint, ala rniins Jane,
hho s'n'h nrr sin.ihng -iits ia vain.
IN" Sandcrch, weary worn ana weak
At last upon n hill alone
She came. and there she sat her down:
for 1911 that hli thcrc stood y stnnc.
And, lol TINT stone read: William Brown"
-, wliitam Brown! q. william brown!
And her you rest nj last" shr said.
WIN this lone sfon above your head,
qua forty miles from any town
Ana ! Will build a fence arouni,
Ana ] VIII fertIizc the ground
WIN tears enough to turn n mill.
she wcnt an cot a hired man.
she brought MN forty m les from town,
Ana In the tall grass sguatted down
ANA bale MN build ns she should plan.
They saw, AMI b,rricdly they ran
And toid a bearded cattle man
somcioiy bu ldcd ON his lands.
Hct"ok ms rue from The rack.
lie girt hinhs III I'm battle prlt
lie stuck two pistols IN nj. bolt.
ana. mounting on his horsesh ok.
lie plunged ahead. But when they showed