The Osceola times., 1882-10-14
WILLIAM BROWN, OF OREGON.
JoAQrlS MILLER.

JoAQrIs MILLER.
They called him Bill the hired man,
But she, her name was Mary Jane
The squire daughter; and 10 reign
The belle from Ber.she-be 10 Dan,
Her little game. How lovers rash
Got mittens at the spelling school,
How many mute, lnglofipus fool
Wrote rhymes and sighed and dyed-musiacl
The hired man had loved her long,
Had loved her best and first ami last
Her very garments as she passed
For him had symphony and song.
80 when one day with brow afrOwn
Shc called him "Bil," b" he raised his head,
He caught her eye and fdltcriDg said.
Il love you and my name is Brown"
She fairly waltzed with rage; she wept.
You would have Thought the house ON FIRE.
She told her sire the portly squire,
Then .melt her smelling salts md slept
Poor William did what could be done
He swung pistol on each hip,
He gathered up great OK whip
And drove toward the setting sun.
He crossed the great backbone Of earth,
lie saw the snowy mountains rolled
Like mighty billows; saw the gold
Oi awful sunsets saw the birth
Ofsuddcu dawn upon the II tin,
And every night would William Brown
Eat pork and beans, and then lie down
And dream sweet dreams of gentle Jane.
Her lovers passed Wolves hunt in packs.
They sought tor bigger game somehow
They seemed TO ste above her brow
The forky sign Of turkey tracks.
The teter board of life goes up,
The teter board of III, goes down,
The sweetest face must learn to frown
The biggest dog has been apup.
o, maidens, pluck not at the air;
The sweetest flowers | have found
Grow rather close unto tie ground
And highest places are most bare
Why. you had better win the grace
OF one poor cussed African
Than win the eyes OF every man
In love alone with his own face,
At last she nursed new desire,
She sighed, she w-pt for William Brown
She watched the splendid sun 20 down
Like some gr, at sailing ship ON flre,
Then rose and checked her trunk right on;
And in the cars she lunched and lunchcd,
Ana had her ticket punched and punched,
Until she came TO oregon.
She reached the limit of the lines,
She wore blue specs upon her nose,
Wore rather short and manly clothes,
And 50 81 out to reach the mines.
Her risht hand held a Tes ament.
Her pocket held parasol.
With wat r.proof and wafer fall,
And thus equipped right on she went.
She met a miner gazing down,
SLOW stirring something with spoon;
ooh, tell me true and tell me soon.
What has become OF William Brown
lie looked askance beneath her specs,
Then stirred his cocktail round and round,
Then raised his head and sighed profound,
And said Hes handed in his checks
Then care fed on her damaged cheek,
And she grew faint did gallus Jane,
And sInelt her smelling salts IN vain.
She wandered weary, worn and weak,
At last upon hill alone
She came and there she sat her down;
For on that hill there stood a stone,
And, 10 that stone read, william Brown
"Oh, William BfoNnl oh, William Brown!
Aud here you rest at last, she said,
with this lone stone above your head,
And forty miles fiom any town!
/ will plant cypress trees, ! VIII,
And | will build fence around,
Aud will fertilile the ground
With tears enough TO turn mill
She went and got hired man,
She brought him forty miles from town,
And In the tall grass squattcd down
And bade him build as she should plan.
But savage COW boys with their bands
They saw, and hurriedly they ran
Aud told bearded cattle man
Somebody builded ON his lands.
lie took his rife from The rack.
lie girt himself in battle pelt,
He stuck two pistols In bis belt,
And, mounting on his horses back,
He plunged ahead. But when they showed
A woman fair about his eyes
lie pulled his hat, and he likewise
Pulled at his beard, and chew.d and chcwed.
Al last he rai him down and snake.
90, lady dear, what do you here
81 build tomb unto my dear,
] plant sweet flowers for his sake.
The bearded man threw his two hands
Above his head then brought them down
And cried, 80, am William Brown,
And this the cornerstone of my lands
Her specs fell of, her head fell back
Just like some lifted teapot lid
She screamed, this ancient maiden did,
And fsinting. split herself, In tact.
Right in the beard of William Brown.
Then all the Indians were amazed;
They thought the gentle maiden crszed
And circling round they squatted down.
But William was a gentle man:
lie babe two Indians call the priest,
lie babe two more prepare feast
Then le her. blushiug, 10y the hand,
Like some sweet maiden In sweet May.
He was So good he was so true,
He did not know what else To do,
ut led her round and round all day.
last the priest, on spotted mare,
Who gallOpcd forty miles or more.
He found them In the grasses sore
And married them right then ana thcre
Then all the cow boys they came dow1
And feasted n the night advanced.
And all the diggers danced and danced,
And cried, big lniin, william Brown"
N. Y. Home Journal.