The sun., 1883-12-05
Hlawathn JohnsOn's Wooing.

In the city Of Chicago,
Selling wheat OF which no had not
To the men from Cincinnati.
Minnrhaha H. McSuliy-
(With the accent on the penulD,
Who was young, and fair. and slender.
And who wore her hair III frizzcs.
Very beautiful was Minnie.
Free from care of all description,
And as william J. McNulty
Paid her bills for fancy dr. goods
Bills for seyon.dollar stoc kings.
Corsets, criinping pins. and SO forth
lie would often lei his memory
wander back score Of summers
To the time when he was counting
Agnes Genevicvc Mccarthy
lNow the mother OF his daughter).
How they used TO sit ht even
On the front step OF her fathers
Mansion on the Rue tie Tom Cat
Swapping lovely Hes about their
Wild atisciion for each other.
And as william j. reelected
On the past and On the present
II occurred to him that Mimic
Had quite decided bulge on
Her mamma in point Of wardrobe.
In tie summer when the ball club
or Chicago lost the pennant.
Lost the pennant that their hired
Men had held since 1870.
Minnehaha went out riding
In nobby sidc.bar wagon,
And her parent drove an equine
That was thought to lie quite speedy.
Every now aud then proceeding
To pull out and knock the socks on
Some more unnretentions flyer.
Until Minnie aud her father
Had about reached the conclusion
There was nothing in Chicago
Tint could make the old mare hustle.
or the day-Mand SIS re cord,
Mr.. Bcecher's indigestion,
And his love for Henry Irving
But anon the ear OF Minnie
Prctiy ear with pink OF sea slIelD
Caught the soft md murInurOus breathing
OF another horse behind them.
or another horse that seemed to
BE III something Of hurry,
From the WAY in which he made tho
Landscape vanish in perspective.
So she liinrl, her father gently
'TwiSt the siAtl lni seventh riblets,
And suggested that, unless he
Had Wild desire To witness
The surrounding country thrOugha
Cloud Of dust. he'd better hit the
Old bry mare Just about aniidships
With the whip, and hoiler at her.
You have seen the tempes: raging
ON u wild and rocky scncoast,
You have read about the battles
In which thousands braveiy perished-
They were nothing TO the struggle
That took place between McNulty's
3ld bny mare and the gray geli'ng
That the stranger deftly banded.
Ho was handsome was the stranger,
With form like an Apollo.
A:h Afd he .h i'sfrea 's Wdn big s EsGy ssId9s
Minneluis ns s.e sRt there
Ana belieid her parent ui.'cncei,
. Hold, brave youth" cried out McNuity;
- Pun yonr horse up and come hither.
Ih ! would speak win you concerning
VIII you sell him' what's his recorIf
Does he ever have blind staKgera,
u his owner a poor widow
Who IL forced by want to sell him,
Or who argues Tint the climate
Where her husband now has gone to
ls too sultry for fast driviny'
Seek not to deceive me. sonny,
with tale extremely gauzy,
But get down TO bed rock figures
On your horse. md let mr. have them"
Then up spoke the youth whose driving
! will never sell my horse, sir,
For value him too highly.
With tn. swiftness Of : whirlwind
Aud the famed steeds OF the desert
Fall so far in speed below him
That II one should try to pass me.
Iopine his driver quickly
Would conclude that lie was going
In the opposite direction.
10 is bred Just like ST. Julien
llnmblet0ninI stock, and you can
Rel your everlasting dollar
lie s Kind. and sound, and gentle.
- Money cannoi buy this horse, sir.
hut to you ! u gladly give him
IL you only viii allow Inc
70 pay court unto your daughter
Sh0 who s.tteth now beside sou,
In the flush OF maiden beauty;
siltcth there like any lily,
iali. anu fatr, and pure, and stately
! Lave loved your daug gli.er inndiy
Ever since first brheld her
4. came up on tla near side
~ your l,usgy and went past YOU.
NHHult u"T my life is ainleSs
AZ my hopes Hre wrecked forever;
Ah' Unless my love returned Is
"i1' Iumi' into the river
You may have her." cried McNul,y:
have her with u parents Llessing
Anl hr!ore the winter Con-th
Nhei Inc leaves are turning golden
lOG shall iEErry Miunehaha
~ style 10 inH"c yuur head swim
Ior love my oHiy daughter,
Ana would make her whole lie hapby
rake her. liiawaiha Johnson
.lou VIII notice HAT know youl-
IsNr her viii this hnrse lnl buggy
Aid ltt me get in behind TINT
G'e!3lhS it'll AbdAllsi action,
l. Nj give NV A,nneiahn
10 lie Inay who plEril. f0r lIer
Ana console n'ysrlf hereufi-r
VIM horse that beats $50"
re lhr"st or n distressing cough a. s,n.du., =,