Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-08-06

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ynae9ver came to handy
eno afely reached the land;
0e gallant ship to sleep
-. g 4 Glanced, upon that ship,
ss9z1sny from IN Eastern trip,
eono!aeD sailed, OF great renown,
syoeee, and the yet more famous Brown:
80 NEE ,swas plain that naught could save
a. ~ ~. q 5sns 9 .stery grave.
i. peea within convenient reach
: aeEning that both desired to own
~ .e-precsrveI. which, It's known,
10 hold mp safely moro than one.
~ on this ife-preseryer both
~ ~ a instant, nothing loath;
- al q e Brown couldn't clasp
5Ana Jones keen, determined eve
AQ grim resolve was equaled by
he stern. uncompromisIng frowu
80 sseC AOAty ukOW OI brown.
9ut lest you think that selfish Thought
In those two noble hosoms wrou0ht'
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~ 1roWH e !onae. and Jones to Brown,
d. nsaesr. bar thsm Wen IL mind.
Quoth Jones: Dear Brown. pray do not
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from yielding mp this wretched breath
70 save feliow-mAn from death.
long 70 cry: Dear friend, oh take
M ~ III. hte -p5csefver. for my sake.'
Lam not free, dear Brown. like you,
1ow may enjoy the bliss divine
V living up your life for mine;
tSue Al! It's different with me,
have wife and children three:
And. TOT their sake must control
1ne generous impulse OF my soul.
~ tr1eS me Brown, most willingly,
THIS lffe-preserver I'd resign,
ore my csse yours, or your case mine"
.sDear Jones, your reasons" Brown replied.
are good, and can not be denied.
All tnet your words imply is true;
nave no wife NOR child. like you.
6ut, Jones. / have q tie to life
EAr stronger lido not start than wife
" child, though dear. could ever be:
I mean my great 'Cosmogony,'
~ Wuicu, NJ you nave doubtless heard,
0ne volume is to come-the third
Y. we're that mighty task complete
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believe me, Jones. to save your life
10 your dear family and wife,
"a Yield to you. unMurmuring.
1nis fratl support to which we cling!
4ut what are wife and children three
compared with q Cosmogony9
u what-confess 1t, dearest Jones
Arc many wives and children's means
10 that loud cry Of grief and woe
Win which the learned world shall know
nat It can never hope to see
me iong-expected Volume Threel''
Quite true, sighed Jones. "And ye:-nnd
yet
think. dear Brown, that you forget
The theory of Average
Aeheld In this enlightened age.
!1ed all the mighty men of old
Kings, scholars. statesmen, heroes bold
suffered untimety taking-o6
0ftn measles, Group, or whOOping cough,
Think you that this great earth would then
Have nourished only common men?
Had Homer died a STRIPPING lad,
should we have lost the Iliad?
would Shakespere's early timeless death
Rave cost us Hamlet, Lear, Macbeth?
Inc voice or reason answers: No;
Wrong not prolific Nature SOL
gow. II this theory is true,
Smusf apply, dear Brown to you;
fearless. you may leave behind
master-product of your mind
Ugh all unfinished as you say,)
ed thet at no distant. DAY,
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