The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-08
Written for the Sunday Morning Bazoo
THE WIDO VS. DREAM.

A THRILLING ACCOUNT OF A LEAP YEAR DISASTER
IL THIS CITY.
And who was the widow No matter who,
1t is with her III cam that we all have 10 do,
And she told me herself and her eye had CLEAN,
When she said she ''sorry twas only adream U"
And this was the way of il sub rosa, she's young,
And oft Of less winsome sweet MINISTRIES have sung,
And she owns a snug home, mas a sum laid away
'GainSt the ills OF that bugbesr, the dead rainy
day.
And no children she has; not even a una"
To offer her husband as mOiher-in-law.
J , short, she's widow: entrancRgly sweet,
With ankles well turned and diIniAutive feet.
And she dreamed that she sat by the fire all alone
While the Wild winter wind filed her ears with IFS
moan,
And she th,ugN. 10 herself that unle one is wed,
'Twere letter by far TO be c'assed with the DEAD
And she made up her mind, as she brushed off a
To at once take the right of her sex for leap year,
And cali on the young ana middle-aged beaux,
And d each Of 'eih fatty Pad straight TO propose
Anu. of course, she WAS wise enough just whom 10
choose,
Ii not even on. o. the lot should refuse,
- She pat On her bonnet anu s,ugnt Mr.. K,
VI th nusiacie 50 ba-k ana with manners % gay I;
A~d she said 10 him dear. have come =" propose
| sill toard YOU, aud COOK you and dam All y'u'
hose,
Aud buy your cigars til the md Of you life; -,
Now, 10 mas. Please make me your own h'''e
wife"
Bat though he was ia.te.sd and smiled till his
Showed pan they Were false by the plate ar der
meath,
Yet ne sai Il, ~. ma IN. am honor Ell vow,
Bat / n ~ way gagged 20 ST. oil EN- a."
And. Of course YOU ii hand must -cail" decline,
Tho for fl t:Yg, pl as count me as years ever:
time.
50 she went on her way. ans she soush. n; u.
Who hopes fo- an Office se--n.i' lS WIN T.
And she said 10 f,u. s'R;cha'u. love YOU 50 vel,
Thai 20 yCL sw'- ,f'. IN gong ID tA''
IT'S This: To be hosored ard also beI ga
" nile servi 2 Claims q yea. &C anu: ara
stale,
Twould he Last YOU should weu. so lie; ne gay
Y,u NAV ca!' me yoLr cw.-we!', a most sDy day.
How he Shared. how he blus1ed III the spot on his
With s,e rush of the b'oou the reddest of red.
I'm. he mana ed to saw. 10 a trembling voce:
It's true, 4, d have, with this view, made my
cIO.ce."
Then she Iook up ne march and she iound Mr.. B.,
and she came u the point and she sLld Slr, you
see,
Ills sad to bs single and nightly slone
To ask for some breaG anu receive but BLACKSTONE.
AID, if you are willing, we twain will be one,
To face fortunes cyclones or bsSk In her sun.
But. alas: Homer stared with incredulous awe,
Then ne answered Nay, madam, the secrets OF
law
Are great and stupendous, and caTelessly told
Would lessen o Ie's chances fer lame or for gold
And the client who trusts 10 a man with a wife
Is non compoS mentis III wisdom OF lie.
So. craving your paruon, yOd surely must know,
The case Tor the present must stand statu qrO
Then, again, did she move, With step light and
For she saw just beyond Mr.. p. s-e.
And she stopped him. for now she was sure she
For alas ne was bent ana his eve growing dim.
And she asked. would you like, when you sit by
the fire.
To have q nice wife draw ercra;r TO you higher
Say the word and at once to the parson we'll go,
And with Coke bOtn our ''foOtsiesn W u wa n here
below
Then he laughed, TILL the t,dis tcicFls off Of his
cheek,
And twas fully minute before lac coS'd speak.
Then he said: aYou are handsome of form anu Ct
But, alas am taken ), yea must cali other place.
once more went she Oh. tin sbe met Mr. S,
And she held TO BIS hapd with the lightest caHess
Ana she spoke: "Davsd + i, is ha wi )ere alone
Two fond hearts must beat to the sane solemn
tone.
Let's marry, say, and no more We will part;
Here, take them-r, hand. and m fortune and
heart"
But he didn't all, the be hawed and he hemred,
And his thoughts, taking shape wou'U Lave bee
''Ill be d. I1ned.
For minute mo. thus be ste ID, then he sad
SON MAJ 10: e you seem 10 lie making raid;
But Rcw Les ME warn you, 10 mo e you must tease
I'm I'eady pom sed. SO tscuse me, please"
Then she hurried a eng I'll she saw Nj B.,
A dealer IN rugs and whoever he,
And her 80 &c, like the o. xoci dove, wa
AID the AR with its swee,ness Vas b5oEeh Id
stree
As she asked: "A 4! they tel me yod loI to b
II SO, 10 the altar you then shall be led.
Il Ieai you myself, the news d. yoa hear
Hires w;fe voG- h1nd. Is u Ets,' BiI'v .del -
He gazed til has { rs were disterdtd, but b 'oke
In a laugh at the Dature and size OF The joke.
Then he reached opt h's amps " n ruseenly
haste,
And catching the WIDOW so c.ose rcrcd the waist
He Kissed her-you know il was Only a dream,
And who res 70 milk ness there is cream
And she kissed him right back tt she almoss for.
got
She mesRt TO propose 10 fhe who'e of the lot.
Then she babe him ad 'eu ana she went on her way
Rejoicing, but seeking to Fl Id d.. A.
Which she did after while anu she said 20 him: "Sir
Il your iutu wishes and nj he do coucu-,
Together we'll dare all lifes aches ID its ills
And share al. disasters and p,asters apd pills."
And he jerked at BIS bea d ana bis hair wildIv
tore
And he kicked off his slippers and loudly he swore
And he groaned, as he answered, "Oh, what lave !
done,
To make ali these women SO after me run?
III shut up the shop and I'E go to a ranch,
Or climb high tree to roost on branch,
won't; do you near me ? won't be so bo- ed ~
And the widow, she LEFT, for Tie question was