Smyrna times., 1883-07-04
Lisslatrn Coke Verses Clara FissssslA.
BY THE BARD OF TOWER HALL.
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CHAPTER H.
" Not to mention 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
Of muslins, ern6roideries, worked nnderciothes,
Gloves, handkerchiefs, scaris, and such trihes as
these;
Then, wrapped in great shawls, like Circasslan
Gave good by 10 the ships and go by to the duties"
Now this may be true, and II 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 on a large importation,
Thus swindled her uncle, the head of the nationY
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 OIL her brazen etfrOntery,
In lodging the duties she owed to her country;
Believing, no doubt, that i'll saving the pelf,
me me Was IalSe 10 er nus trG " I rar
To marry the maid was his very next move,
And asking her hand, having won her consent,
He thus to his pride and his feelings gave vent:
81 should mention just here that ont of Miss
Claras
Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers,
1 had Just been selected as he who should throw
The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowaI
On myself after twenty or thirty rejectiOnS,
OF those fossil remains which she called her al
lectiOns.
And that rather decayed, but-well known work
of art
Which Miss Clara persisted in calling her heart
So we were engaged. Our trOih has been plight
ed;
grove,
But in n front parlor, most brilliantly lighted
Beneath The gas fixtures, we whispered our love-
The 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,
We're shrouded forever in clouds of despair.
1t seems Miss Clara was asked to Il ball,
very select and recherche affair,
And she, in the fashions the leader of all,
In the pride of her beaniy, must surely e there.
But alack and alas Notwithstanding the cargo,
From Paris imported per good steamer Ohio;
Notwithstanding the thousands ana thousand OF
dollars,
Invested in satins, silks, velvet and collars;
The maiden IN tears and almost in despair,
Could not 20 to the ball. for she'd nothing to
Her lover suggested a siken brocade,
Pink, purple and lilac, and many Shade
satin velvet, Il rich grenadine
In which, at the bail room. of fashion the queen
She might with her raiment aud 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 peadings, with logic and skill,
Her reason was dead, and had left her will
And the will in expression had made her the heir
OF that quarter of syllables Nothing to wear"
The lover insisted; her vows she forgot.
The foot that was cloven 10 longer cOncealing,
He was fairly exposed as man without feeling,
She had heard full enough, and she wished for
no more.
lie saw that it might not be prudent to linger,
And seizing his beaver, he made for the door,
To which she was pointing her gem-lighted finger,
And stopping Il moment to breathe on the Square
Heard cry of distress, " have nothing to wear.
The maiden was right; she was naked indeed,
With the veSture of innocence bartered away;
Mid the pomp of the world, she was feeling the
need
OF the mantel of faith on her shoulders to lay, 4
| The faith that in troubles and trials below.
| When hopes that we cherished are sundered and
riven,
Will point from the depths of our sorrow and woe
| To the home of the blessed, i'll the mansions O
heaven.
| The faith that in lrOrkS with will and way,
| Lifts up the unfortunate, stricken by sorrow;
| Dspell.ng the clouds from the sky of tO-dGy
| For the sunrise of hope on the coming tO-mOrrOlc
| A faith such as thiS-with a hand and heart
| The troubles and burdens of others to share
| Was Clara FitzpOodle no parcel or part,
| And truly she uttered, I've nothing to wear
| ITO be continued
| For RELIABLE QUALITIES, latest styles anC
! lowest prices in Clothing, with a choice assert
ment to select FROM there is no place equal to thu
! great Clothing House of
GARITEE, MASTEN & ALLEN
TOWER HALL, may 24-l!
Nos. SIS and $50 Market Street, Philadelphia.