West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-01-18
2HAT BOsTON MAN IN oREGoM

Two brothers loved lady fair:
.n3tk-cAcd was she and good 10 sec:
ana on her black, abundant hair.
Ana on her wOndrOus witChory!
Hcr father kept a cattle farm:
Ihesc brothers kept her safe IRON harm:
From harm OF cattle on the hin;
me thlcS-ncckcd hullocks following
Above The morning loud and shrill.
Ana laShiug sidOS like anything
Ana paving sand. to see the grand
Sun-burst along tho valley land.
Therc was third young man who came.
H., was snid from distant Boston town.
ne was not handsome, was not game
But he could cook goose rs brown
rs any man yet settled on
Inc ample shores OF Oregon.
Good brothers" meekly said this man,
o, as they. ali Jealous, ragged one day,
II nave higher. gcntlCr plan:
i pray YOU heed what l shall say:
lake mp your guns, climb yonder hill,
While shall learn this ma.dcn's will.
Go hunt with hound and gun all day,
Forget your strife, forget the fray
About the lily hand of hers.
Yea, be g Cd brothers. Sol shake hands,
And now haste climb yon lofty lands"
Two brothers sat the windy hill.
Thd nelr I., hair shone yellow ike spun gold;
Ihey sat and sighed and shook with cold
Their hearts lay bleeding far below;
AUoNe ueh Blcamod white peaks of snow.
If could die" the older sighed.
+. -, MY dear young brother here might wed -
On would TO Heaven had diedl'
me younger signed. IN Blended head
Then each looked each full I'm the face,
Anu each sprang up and stood in place.
Their hounds lay crouching slim and neat,
ri spotted circle IN the grass.
Inc valley lay beneath TIA sir feet:
, Ihcy heard the wldc-wingcd cnglcs mass
from peak to peak I'm clouds above;
YET what could they but sigh and love?
If could die" tho elder spake.
Die by your hand. the world would say
Twas accident; and Tor her sake
Dear brother. be it so. pray"
Not tn0t! the younger. signing. said.
'nch tossed ms gun and turned his head.
And fifty PAGES back he paced!
Anu as he paced he drew the ball;
In9n sudden stopped and wheeled ana faced
8, Ills brother To the death and fall
Two SHOTS rang wild upon the airl
Two brothers still stood harmless thcrel
Two eagles poised high i'm the air;
ar far below the believing
VI pulocks ceased; and everywhere
., asst silence sat all QUESTIONING
len spotted hounds ran circlin round
WIN red, wet noses TO the ground!
And now each brother came to- know
Ihat each had drawn the deadly ball;
anu Tor that fair girl far below
had sought IN vain to silent fall
Ihen each the other loved SO well
spcn. 'Ao '"e
Now let us run right hastily
. And tell the maiden truly air.
en-, yea. And If she choose not mo
But all on You her favors fan,
rms fearful scene till all life ends
Dear brother, binds US best of fricndsr'
me hounds sped down n spotted line;
- The bulls in tall abundant grass
Shook back their horns from bloom and
vine anu
,,Ahu trumpeted to sec them pass
Ihey sought her brca HESS babe bor cbooao
winch she would wed; and which refuse.
Twas then this BostC n man did sneak.
Her father has a thousand COWS
an hundred bulls IA fat and sleek;
lie also has an ample house;
And so spoke to her" he said
Ana hastily we two were wed
Joaquin Muller, IN IerdS Sitinos.