Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-23
A MODERN DAVID.
His Plaintive Tale Told In Letter that
Passes Thu ough Many Hands.

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news had gone, and had about com,
to the conclusion that unless some
thing worth reading occurred pretty
soon, Othtllo's occupation would soor
be gone, when he WAS approached by
a man who said he had been ponder.
ing over manuscript, which he held
in his hand, and ifthe GAZETTE would
assist him i'm his work he won. ID be un.
der eternal obligations. He said the
manuscript contained the story of q
modern David. who was looking for
a runaway ccl pie. who had flown from
the shades of Jefferson leaving land
and property. but carrying with them
a little boy, loquacious, intelligent and
fair, with clustering curls; also a beau
tiul little girl one year old. Like the
Arab. they had folded their tent and
departed for Dallas on the Sth of Feb
ruary, 1854.
The first chapter in the tale opens
with a letter OF inquiry sent the agent
at Dallas, and reaus as follows:
WINDsBoRo, WOOD Co, TEX,
February Ia, 1884,
Agent at Dallas: Dear Sir On the
| Sth new married couple left Jefier-
son for Dallas Please inform me If
| they stop there; named j. q. -
He is tall slender, saller com
plexioned, dark hair, blue gray eyes.
The lady Is fair complexinned, fine
figure with fascinating manners, soft
musical voice Little boy eight ears
old, louuacious and intelligent for a
boy, fair with clustering curls. One
year-old little girl, little beauty.
They have left land and property and
had gone before ! Was aware. Please
inform me If they stayed 1T Dallas or
where they took tickets 10, and by SO
doing you will much ohlige.
DAVID HALL.
Under this letter was writ N. in fine |
clerical hand, the lament OF Que OF
David's ~ mpathizers:
ION, David, my master, what new |
duty is this? Tall and slender'-au-
gels and ministers Of grace defend us;
he has lean and hungry look, but
oh God, the lady fair complexioned,
full figure fascinating manners,
musical voice May the claim de-
partmeut soon find them both, re-
storing them and happiness to the
now unhappy David il tie prayer Of
agent AT DALLAS
Here the course OF the lett r is lost
until ii turned up in Fort Worth, but
the expressions Of sympathy, written
in different hands, must be consoling
to the grief, trcken David, who may
even NV tie mourning for the little
eight year-od Absnlom - loquacious,
intelligent, fair aud with clustering
curls Here's the first appendix to this
tale of woe:
THE new married couple have gone
And left poor David forlorn.
They took the boy aid little girl
And skipped from Jefferson"
HE with complexion 'sallcr.
A color known as yallor.'
His bair Is dark his eyes l. gray,
naughty man. although quite gay
~ he has a face so fair.
And blonde, OF course, was her hair;
figure So fine, manner the same,
No wonder that L. played the game"
After this p etical CONSIDER, who ,
sings his song In the ears of the mourn ;
ing David, is found the lines of one :
who Is 10th moralist and n poet {
He wrote this: "Thc modern David {
the loss ofOne woman. Whai {
would David of olden time have done? a
why OF COURSE some terrible crime, 1
after only having three /
thousand" IN
'He with face of solid color
And complexion somewhat taller
She with tgure rare and fine;
Oh, David, we pity tnat heart OF thine
" His hair Is black. his eyes are grav;
But, David, he stole your wife away.
Come back come back. you hlppodrome;
Don't with David's wife DER this wide world
roam"
Alter this excellent Consolatory po-
'tical fusion of poor metre another
cribe soliloquizes thus:
Behold The bridegroom cOmeth in
he night, and David, one Of the fool
sh virgins, has no oil in his lamp, and
he 'saller compleXioned' man walks ,
I'll with the swag-nO longer widow,
md no land and property for MIR.
L,u
The next appendix to the volume is
poetical eifusion addressed to
c. c. DID r. c. A.
"On this claim h ave used my skill,
Ana return II to YOU wtho 4 avail,
And now u description TO the CHIEF send,
And let him with 1t II while contend.
"should we be lucky this couple discern
We won d to David his love return,
But such "a Cesciiption OF a man IL rude, 4
For my idea IL lac A. IA dude"
Last on the list comes one who offers c
in prose meter. He talks 9
ust like lie had been there himself
nd knew how Ia advise David % get
here, ELL Listen to what he writes: 1
Alas, poor Yorick with handsomer {
nan she's gone. Can't you exc some ,
out OF the Juice OF the les ,
i've corn? And the little girl your =
laughter? They took her too Won saw.
md the boy with clustering curly hair !
md face AZ fair as day. The blue gray
we of your rival was more than she
ould stand Just think, David, of !
Ter musical voice. IA she soothed his
rowing fear. Oh, David. my boy, s
twas very bad haul when he took {
Ter from your hearth Come down To !
he Fort; We'll fix you up and play q
you for all you're WORTH
Thus ended the tale. Can anyone
ell what it meanse The search still 8
continues. but the soft musical voice /
$ no longer heard. The slender fig /
Ire il absent aud the curly-headed boy I
10 longer cries for marbles and chalk (
% make ring within Jefferson. Is
he prayer of the agent AT DALLAS to be
We give 1t up. g
Billiard Match.
The billiard match between Fleming
IF Fort Worth and Stone Of Dallas ]
will come off TO night at S o'clock at
Ihe Cattle Exchange. Up to yester- \
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