Smyrna times., 1883-06-20
Lhtls!aa Coke Verses Clara Fihpaadla,
BY TIE BARI OF TOWER HALL.
CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER II.
Not to mention a quantity kept from the rest
Sufficient to fill the largest sized chest.
Which did not appear on the ships manifest,
But for which the ladies themselves manifested
Such particular interest that they invested
n9eIr Own proper persons ~ ISyerS ana rg%s
Gloves, handkerchiefs, scarfs, and such trihes as
these;
Then wrapped in great shawls, like CircasSian
Gave good by to the ships and go-by to the duties"
Now this may be true, and it may be sham;
But, if the fair maiden thus cheated poor sam"
What value the beauty, the wealth, or the station
of one, who intent OH a large importation,
Thus swindled her uncle, the head OF the nation? |
But what said the lawyer who courted the maid? |
He knowing the fact-was the secret betrayed?
Did the heart in his bosom Indignantly swell?
Did he bid the fair smuggler forever farewell?
All, no! he but smiled on her brazen effrontery,
In dOdging the duties she owed to her country;
Believing, no doubt that in saving the pelf,
That these were his feelings the sequel will prove
To marry the maid was his very next move,
And asking her hand, having won her consent,
He thus to his pride and bis feelings gave vent:
81 should mention just here that out of Miss
Claras
| Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers,
had just been selected as he who should throw
all
| The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal
| On myself after twenty or thirty rejections
OF those fossil remains which she called her 'af-
And that rather decayed, but-weIl. known work
Which Miss Clara persisted in calling her heart
So We were engaged. Our troth has been plight
l. ed ...F..
Not by moonbeams, by sunbeam, by fountain, or
But in a front parlor, most brilliantly lighted,
| Beneath The gas fixtures We whispered our love-"
Tho adage is old that there's many slip,
In the course of true love, twixt the cup and the
And the chalice OF bliss that our lover had found
By word, reasonly spoken, he dashed to the
His bright aspirations his castles in air,
Were shrouded forever in clouds OF despair.
| 1t seems Miss Clara was asked TO ball,
A very select and recherche Affair,
And she, in the fashions the leader OF all,
In the pride of her beauty, must surely be there.
, But aIack and alas Notwithstanding the cargo,
From Paris imported per good steamer Ohio;
Notwithstanding the thousands and thousand OF
, invested In satins, silks velvet aud collars.
, The maiden IN tears and almost in despair,
Could not 90 70 the ball for she'd nothing to wear,
! Her lover suggested silken broeede,
Pink purple and lilac, and many shade:
J A satin, velvet rich grenadine
In which, at the bail room. of fashion the queen
I She might with her raiment and grades allied,
Bring her foes to her feet, and her beaux to her
! | side,
! ofladies the envy, of lovers the pride
In vain were his peadiDgs, with logic and skill,
s | Her reason was dead, and had left her VIII
And the will in expression, had made her the he'll
: | Of that quarter of syllables Nothing TO wear.
I; | The lover insisted; her VOWS she forgot.
q | And called him q monster a base Hottentot
The foot that was cloysn 40 longer eoneeailngs ss
|
n She had heard full enough, and she wisilad lol
a no more.
e He saw chat it might not be prudent to linger,
II Aud seizing his beaver, he made for the door,
10 which she was pointing her gem-lig hted hnger
And stopping moment, to breathe on the square
y Heard cry Of distress, have nothing 10 wear
= The maiden was right; she was naked indeed
. With the vesture Of innocence bartered away;
5, Mid the pomp of the world. she was feeling th
II need
~ of the mantei of faith on her shoulders TO lay,
- Tbe faith that ip troubles and trials below
n When hopes that We cherished are spnneTeq an
el will point rom the depths of aHF soFFow ard wo
T. To the home Of the blessed, IN the mansions 9
r. heaven.
=, The faith. that In acorks with will and wey.
~ Iifts mn the unfortunate, stricken by sorrow -
u. Dispell.ng the clouds from the sky Of to.dag,
of For the sllrise of hope on the coming tomofF0'
a. faith such as thIs-with hand and heart-
i. The troubles and burdens OF others TO snare
~ ~ Was Clara Fitzp0odle no parcel or part, .,
", And truly she uttered I've notninB 70 Wear'
ad ITO be cOntinued.1
If For RELIABLE QUALITIES, latest Styles an
~, lowest prices in Clothing, with a choice asso.
ment TO select from, there Is no place equal 10 "
es great Clothing House OF
no GARITEE, MASTEN & ALLEN
'ut TOWER HALL, may "a
! Nos. SIS and $40 Market stTepi Philadelphia.