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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

David r. Stuart, for the past six years
Postmaster at Schoolcraft, died of dia-
betes, aged 3s. Though strong Repub-
lican, he had the confidence and esteem of
all so much that no effort had been made
made 10 supplant him rs Postmaster.
Work on the Hobart Guild Hall, Ann
Arbor, is progressing very rapidly, and will
probably be finished about the middle of
January. by wayof experiment il has been
decided to put in billiard table and bowl
ing alley.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09
GERONIMO.

the high officials at Washington. The
people of Arizona are clamoring for his
scalp. Under the terms of capitulation 1t
appears that Gen. Miles promised the old
fellow his life. Here is where the rub
comes. Geronimo is a half breed, Mexi-
can, and is about 80 years old. He was
captured and adopted by the Mexicans
when a mere child. His health at present
is said to be very delicate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09
DOOMED TO A SLOW DEATH.
The Apaches Not to Be Tried-Ohanged
Conditions Will Exteminate
Them.

News comes from Florida, where the re-
Gently captures Apaches are in prison, that
Geronimo, the bloodthirsty chief of the
band, is suffering from lung affection that
is extremely liable to turn into hasty con-
sumption. In that event nature may solve
a problem that the administration is puz-
zled over. What to do with Geronimo Is q
matter that is sorely trying the wits of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09
EpFNEzER-"And are you sure, Sarah,

EBENEzER-"And are you sure, Sarah,
You don't love me2 have been persistent,
i know, but wanted your love. Don't you
think you'll miss mey" Sarah-"l don't
know. see so much of you that don't
know whether I'd miss you or not. Give
me fair trial, and stay away month,
won't your" Ebenezer tbitterly)-"A MONTH
Might rs we'll call IL year" Sarah
"Well, let's call il year, then"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09
MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1886.
learning told me at once lint this was the


counterfeit, not the reality of death
For here was youth in the flow Of life9
tide, with high wrou yht nervous organi-
zation, easily affected to hysteria, and but
the day before suffering from an alarming
attack of it. The organs were sound, as
my cursory examination then satisfied me;
there was no fiuttering, feeble heart, to be
paralyzed by shock. And l knew-none
other knew-the crushing blow TO the hope
of his life that my own hand had dealt.
Here were the exact conditions required for
visitation-not OF death, but of catalepsy.
never doubted the CHASTITY truth. l
knew it when l pronounced him dead;
when his mother and Lillian sobbed over
his white face; when the earth was show
eled upon his coffin. Aye, and that he WIS
perfectly conscious; that he heard their
sobs; that he strove to cry out, to speak, to
move, to burst his iron bonds, to rise up
from this hideous death life. knew
IL all.
AS deliberately, as designedly as though
had driven my knife into his heart. did
murder him. l sent him to his living
tomb, TO linger for days in agony before
merciful death could release him. The
f4nds that raAIl- in hell ee-lA A. -->4l-i--s'-
blacker.
Remorse consumes me; my brain reels
as think of these things.
Lillian, my lie, my love-it was for you
all for you! 'Twould have been death
to lose you-and now-now that l have
gained you, it is also death.
o, pray for me-cease not to pray for me!
When she reads this, shall / see her?
Can come to- night and be near her when
she sleeps? Can L
Not yet; not quite yet. Just moment.
A bird is singing at the window. The
clock struck six while ago; / shall not
hear it again. Lilian-Lil--
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

clutched in his fingers, bearing tho label
prussic acid" manuscript in his handwrit-
ing before him fully explained the motive OF
the act
The musical voice of the chamber clock
tells me that the hour is four in the moIn-
ing. A slight breeze stirs the foliage of
the lreat elms before the house; the faint
ff:iis.slI of-the fountain reaches my ear the
earliest sparrew is timidly twiuering under
the cave; the world is still happy in slum-
Der. For me, this night has brought ither
rest nor sleep. Seven long hours have
passed since Lillian and her babe k ssed
me ood-night, and Gods guardian angels
received them into that blessed slumber
that is denied me. The stroke of each
hour since has fallen uroa my ear; have
boen absolutely sleep'ess. What my
thoughts have been, 1t is simply hideons to
remember. Nights such as this have be-
come common to me cf late. My FRO ees-
sional skill teaches me but too we'll that
with this brain torment, tho tendency 10
sleeplessness must steadily increase.
Several times / have resC rted 10 opium for
the delusive relief that it gives; and the
habit is growing on me. How will it all
end? Shall mine be the deferred, but cer-
iain, suicide that the drug will bring-or
are my sutie ings to be ended by sharper
and spcoditr means2
softly unclose the blinds that the dear
sleepCrs may not be wakened, aud see that
The morning is rcddening in the cast. The
long day is before me, with its trying
hours. when / must oloaoly shat and guard
this haunting specter from the world; when
l must disguise my very being-must
smile, and talk. and visit my patients with
all the ease and comrosure becoming TO
the popular, successful and wealthy phys
ician; and must read in mems eyes that
they envy me. Envyl-God forgive them.
All that l have, all that am, would /
freely give in exchange for the condition
of the meanest laborer in the town, could
the past be blotted out.
And there sleep Lillian and the child,
unconscious now, as when awake, of the
canker-spot in my life. Here, before me,
is the fairest picture in n world Of sin-a
sleeping mother and her child. Tears fill
my eyes as / gaze on their dear, beautiful
faces. The tortures that rend my soul as
think or the misery 10 which have doomed
them, with myself, are unutterable. From
the lowest depths of that lost soul my
frenzied cry goes up to merciful God fol
pity-for rest-for hope!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

Nor exactly the square thing-The "cart-
wheel" silver dollar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

JOHNNY says ho is his mothers canoe,
and she is always able to paddle it.-Mer-
chant Traveller.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

The sheep have been badly foeced
and thev know il.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

now in the fifty-third year of his age. He
was prepared for college at the Boston
Public Latin School, and graduated GA. b.
at Harvard in 1S43.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

ALWAYS attending to the panes Of others
"A glazier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09
In My LAST Hours.
BY JAMES FRANKLIN Fits.

NOTE By THE AUTHoR-At seven o'clock Of n
July morning, the eminent physician and sur
geon, DIR. N, was discovered dend in h 8
chair beside his library table. Asmall vial was
clutched in his fingers, bearing tho label
prussic acid" manuscript in his handwrit-
ing before him fully explained the motive Of
the act.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

Such things as vanity and pride are not
left TO me, and / speak the simple truth
when l say that positive genius was born
with me. was given the capacity TO do
great things. Eminent examples prove
abundantly that talent is often precocious;
il was so with me. When others crept l
ran; | scared where they climbed. At
twenty l graduated, bearing off all the
honors that the college had to give. In
five years more the schools Of medicine and
surgery were filed with the fame of the
young professor who had made tho grand
healing and saving art second natHre.
My knowledge OF all its branches was ac-
counted simply marvellous. Nothing in
all its science seemed difficult or abstruse
to me. Not only did l lecture and illus
trate to the astonishment and admiration
of the gaybeards of the faculty. but mine
was the skilled, confident hand, mine the
quick eye, the ready perception, the abso-
lutte knowledge of what mis- hit be done and
what must not be attempted, that were
most often called for in the capital opera
tons at the hospital. My own interest
and the great good TO be accomplished de-
manded that / should steadily pursue the
path upon which had entered. My heart
was in the work; both lame and money
were within my easy grasp; nothing i'm
peratively called me elsewhere. Why
threw up my chair ut the university and
came 10 this CITY to settle down TO the ordi-
nary routine OF practice, is question to
which l can give no answer. Not impul-
sive by nature, in this important instance
/ obeyed an impulse. Learned us l am in
many special branches outside my profess
sion, know nothing of metaphysics.
Who does know aught of his own mind?
Whn ufv ~ Olaioot for
of the most momentous acts o. his life?
After all apparent motives are examined,
il will be found that indcfinablo impulse
swayed the act.
My fame had reached as far as this city,
and its lest practice and first society were
not long withheld from me. Among the
first families that visited profe ssionally
was that of which Lillian was the pride and
ornament. The ways of tho heart are
mysterious, and past finding out. The
passion OF love, the condition of marriage,
were things that 1 had thoughtfully, but
positively, prohibited to myself. l had
decided that ! had great mission in The
world, which would be hampered and
dwarfed by domestic ties. What fools we
moItals be- Lillian appeared to me, and
instantly oil these prudent resolves were
thrown to the winds. | loved her at first
sight-as l have ever since, and do now,
and ever shall, in this world and the next.
To make her in due time my wife became
the fixed aud settled purpose of my being.
Strong as my mind was known TO me TO be,
believe that / had never suspected the
sturdy will l-power that this passion instantly
aroused in me. l would have her; she
should be mine; il anything came between
us IL should be trampled down and crushed
10 powder. This was my resolution, long
before any suspicion of a rival visited mo-
at first, everything promised we'll for tao
success Of my suit. / frankly informed
Lilian's parents Of my wishes; they were
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

When she reads this, shall l see her?
Can come to- might and be near her when
she sleeps? Can L
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

Not yet; not quite yet. Just a moment.
A bird is singing at the window. The
clock struck six while ago; shall not
hear it again. Lilian-Lil--
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-30

GALfEsroN, Tex, July 2g-Captaiu Free
man, OF the commission to settle the boun-
Diary between Texas and the lniian Terri
tory. says that The evidence shows that
Texas IS entitled % much more territory
than She bias heretofore been conceded ami
that the disputed boundary of Green Coun-
ty should be moved eG.t ward two degrees
GALVEsrlN Texas. July 23-rhe report
ofthe shooting ot the prisoner Rasures bv
the Mexican authorities OF piedenEras is
c9nnmed Citizens oi Eagle Pass say Ra--
uycs was the msn and that tbe reason oi
lAe outrage is tna' DE Nas rival Of The
MeXlcau chief of police in q love affair. The
excitement 30 Ea.ie Pass is at fever heat
and the American officials who gave E4s-
ures np without triai are in danger Of their
lives.
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-30

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Telegram-herald., 1886-07-30

Bgy-sEi-. July o-Ihe TRIAL OF The riot
ers Who were engaged in sackin- the glass
works at I,aux ias- March was concluded
today. Two ofthc prisoners Were sentenced
20 life imprisonment. two t) terms of fit
teen years and three % twelve years penal
serFiute. four acquitted.
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-30

AvrrRatv July - Herr Fortyn tie
leader of the Amsterdam socialists was ar
rested today for nciunr % ri0t DC IS
claimed fhaf the recent disorders were large
IS due to hi- iuceudiarv speeches
Telegram-herald., 1886-07-30

The Cutler House - GRAND Haven. have
DOW commenced 3 lss.e tseg regular safur-
day night hols
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

And leather goods. large variety, must he
-.ld Come aud see them. We dare not
give prices a. olr competitors would have
au eos ellle Dl 90 reading tins article this
morning et the breakfs.' table.
ul-E BAZAAR,
- Monroe 81.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Il1ss 1eallfai FORK Iifer oysters ~
Use no isJs htfle baty oysters, iaIs
s.lery oysters. good OLD grandpa oysters
Us .aa oal4 ~ SHELF. 81 Tie Baltimore
ogs.-f Haizet. 81 Canal ~ A present for
ever 11ag 3 i Exskf. Manager.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23
A. Hega bazaar = Noafoe $

A. Foulrs arr Gallery you Will find
4hr iaaf Willl enable you % examine The
finest eto1ln-s as vel by night a. By day
come and -se-opea ttls week until p. IA.
a H FcWie. 81 isnia-st.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23
Holiday Rates.

Tie o.. R. & l. viii sell railroad tickets
q. AL points ou us line and branches 81
one fare Tor the round trip. Selling days for
Christmas, De GENDER -4Ih and 2oih for
NeW i ears. December 5lst and January lst.
Remember limit O. all January 81.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23
OElE2nAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.


ass es u-A Az EArD. sc.
el.a
gf4sr Cl.Ta Sc Co.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23
Tor sragnifiocn, Furniture

Cali 0u Compton Brothers. 100 Soufh
ri.s.on-st. ali Goods 6rtciass and at
lrest prices either for cash OF installment.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Those who are looking for Christmas
presents. should not miss the studios.
wednesday is the DAY chosen for receiving
visitors by Messrs. Parks & Fisher, No. -
Horsemsn block. They have many new
aud pretty pictures from which TO choose
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

BIZ lot Of Pom zee Tx. hem stitched, fancy
embroidered Handsercheis regular $3.50
goods glr price, s3c-
GftNr CroTnfyg Co.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

sr-4 ana e. CANT Ass9rrA1eut 81
lafis- lsss saras 1855 fsoe yed, CAL ana e1
s ls IeHlT0S tzes,
los ~8ufa Division
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23
Brns- Mirrors


selling very fast 81 Hevn'- Bazaar. AZ Mon
foe-st. Oaiv few leir Don't fail 70
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Compton Brothers have juSl received
carload a. ladies fine rocking chairs,
tlilifsu rocking chairs Ch.ldren high
CHAIRS EASY rockers and upholstered
furniture. which ai.i be sold at lowest
prices Tor cash OF on the inslallment. Don
Mu 10 see their bargains IN the ABOVE
before purchasing lu3 south Diyision-st.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Sew and elegant patterns IN velvet, MY
dozen sl00 scalts 90 select from, a. o5c
GIANI CLOTHING Go.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Idir0r daily TELEGRAM HERALD: Please
tell YOUR subscribers that if they need good
work az low rates in cleaning and coloring
OF clothing. dresses. shawls, etc, 70 go to
the Eag.e Steam Dye House, no. y Canal
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23
tI-.nnt I.rnll1c nnh sLrAs. Gnods.


The finest line in this city a. remarkable
law prices. D.J. EyAN- 81 CO.,
f3 Canal-st.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

We have cugrayings all framed ranging
ia price from FROM 81 80 and upwards.
HAayfl * III rstE6. - Ot.awa-st.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

The rush Tor Holiday Pictures at Hamil-
ION s., 20 Canal-st.. is immense. Zine WORK
and low prices always wins.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23
Toilet sets,

CONSISTING OF satin covered bottles and hand
4ainted or embroidered worked satin cush-
ions, very beautiful. at Heyn's Bazaar. A.
Monroe ST., for only $50. lou should
have one.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Get your Carpets cleaned
and Relaid by the Grand Rap
ids Steam Carpet Cleaning
Works at 43 and - Kent-st.
Carpets cleaned as good as new
without the least injury. Best
of references. The only car
pet cleaning machine ia the
city. Telephone No. 266.
S. n. ALLEN, Manager.
n. B.-Mr. n. Y. Clcnmcnt is
no longer connected with this
concern.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Tsenfr-fra dozen I'D. FIR top. lined
loves. asc Roga.sr price 800
GrAer CloinIV4 CO.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Eogsu. line eli brocade six Handker-
chiefs Al So, J0 - and sico.
GIANT CLoTUING Co.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-23

Plush. Plaque and Antique Brass Clocks.
They are beautiful al holiday present
seekers should see them ~ Heyns Bazaar
IS MonrOe-St
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-13

PaSo del Norte boasts of prison in which
,here Is an average of half dozen Americans
confined at any time you may pay it a visit.
1t Is situated within a stones throw of the
plaza, ami within sound of the hum Of The
merry-making of the town IL is long, one
storied adobe building, over which q strong
detachment of the Eleventh Mexican cavalry
mounts guard daily Within, the prisoners
count time by heart throbs awaiting the
hour, which may he in the near or the distant
future, when it shall please those in author
ity to bring them before the court of first
criminal instance of the district There ara
no cells in the prison, but number of adobe
rooms allotted To the prisoners enter an open
court yard, The prisoners stroll around this
placita and chat with one another and with
their guards
There are no bolts CHAINS or bars visible,
and yet escapes are unknown The reason is
simple. Around this prison a Gordon Of
guards are drawn SO close that it is impos.i-
bic TO cross the dead line without detection.
and detection means death The line is as
rigid as that Of Andersonville, and has cost
mary poor fellow his bfe Prisoners in
Mexico are not allowed to give unnecessary
trouble to their keepers They are not fed.
but have to feed themselves, for which Dur
pose each prisoner receives nine "telacosn a
day, and he can live or starve on ii for all the
government cares. Chicago Times.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-13

BY virtue Of q Special Execution and Fee Bill
No G63h, issued out of the clerks office Of the
circuit court of Rock Island county, and state OF
Illinois. and 10 me directed, whereby am com
mandtd to make the amount OF certain iudg-
ment recently obtained against Moline Buggy
Company, in favor Of J L Hury Il Co. out of
the lands tcnemeuts. goods and Chattels of the
said defendant. Moline Buggy Company | have
levied upon the following property to-wit:
Tue east 50 feet lot No 3, and west 20 f. ct lot
.. IN the Manufacturers addition of the Moline
Water Power Company, in section No. 81, III
township number eighteen 1Sl. north range No
!, west of the fourth titbl p. NJ. in the county Of
resVylng therefrom the right 10 use a strip of
soHthetly part of said lot hereby conveyed for q
railroad track, and to permit others 10 use the
same, and said party OF the first part hereby gives
successors and aSsIgns, the rights Of drainage
from said lot here by conveyed into the tail-Iace
north Of said lot also the right nd privilege of
laying water pipe from said lot hereby conveyed
into said ttl-race and drawing water therelrom.
Therefore, according TO said command / shall
expose for sale, at public auction, all the right
title and interest the above named Moline Bug
sy Company, in and to the above described prop
efty. on Friday, the 3Hh day Of July. 1886. at 2
O'Clock p. m at the north door of the court hon Sc
IN the CITY of Rock >land in the county of Rock
Island and state Of Illinois for cash in hand. TO
satisfy said execution and fee bill
Dated at Rock Island, this 9th dav of July.
\. n. 1856 JOHN NJ RETICKER,
ad'd sheriff OF Rock Island County. Illinois.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-13
HORSE FAIR IN IRELAND.
A TOlERABlY FAIR SAMPLE OF PAN
OEMONIUM LET LOOSE.

Every Conceivable Glass of Men and
Horses Present-Two Men shake Hands
What 1t Means-England and Ireland
Driving a Bargain-Bidding.
To a novice an Irish fair appears TO he pan
demolium let loose. The main street is the
showS,unnd and ride, and convenient field.
with stone wall Or two, serves the purposes
Of the "manege." Such whooping and yell
ing! Droves of wild young colts, rough, un-
kenrt lookirg animals rri,hing madly about,
With Pat riding barebacled as easy as a glove,
with nothing but bit of a twig" and a
halter for bride Every conceivable class
of animal is here, both biped and quadruped
The hunter which, j. properly got up, will
fetch in England a co,,ple of hundred is SIDE
by side with screw not worth as many
pence, and the autocrat Of the dealers yard
may he seen in close confabulation with what
hook, like Il prime dynanIiter; while above all
the din aud jangle floats an aroma of whisky
and tobacco, to say nothing of blarney and
bad language.
But what is going on in the corner uf the
wall, A small crowd is gathered there. and
from Your position you can just make ont one
of the men who crossed in the boat standing
opposite true son of Erin in the middle of a
small ring, and seemingly either fighting OF
epdeayoriug TO shake him nv tbe banI-
whirhg Won can NOT mitA make ont pros
ertly the crowd breaks nm with - cheer and
vnu can So, pIoirl, no,, tb, t,,,, ,,.,,, sl,aI.r
hands. and TO your surrris,. mo,ev p,sses Nv,
tween them Can il have been a rize- fol-,
at all. No IT. is only n deal and if W. com.
l,t l.. ~.
+, rim, wa .b.u saa Az vo ,,,,,rl,,l, i,,5
is formed snd the visi,, of q AIN, col,
arnoa,e rild.n have bo,.,oI ~. t,.,,,h, AL,
ing lad Over the wal 10 the order and Pat
stead,iny his r,oupt tabs il in first cI.ss
form Tbap th, ,r,,,.j ,los.,. in .pl t,v, IL,
ura. st,rJ ,n,.,,i,., .a,.h o,I.,. Er,,la1 a,,l
JraI,pd
ryGI,vp Avn Observation-Disclosures
.,\V,u what's tho p,;co.,. GOV. IruoI.,5
.Itr. in. th., cont I,.t1, 1,,,rsa i, az f,ir
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-13

JACKSONVILLE, Chic, July ia terrifi,,
9Splo'loh occurred in the johnson Bros. &
, "''ersoh mine, near Buchtel, Ohio SIM.
nay NC evening, resulting III the death of
inoin"s Williams and fatal injury of
Inar'ee II johnson, John Hallam. and
Lewis White The coal in this mine is
worked with machiney. A leak had been
discovered IN the receiver of the air.oom-
pressor, which furnished the motive nowar
The above mentioned employees went into
the mine about $50 yards to make the 70
pairs They neglected to turn off the nrss-
sure, and when the leak was closed the and
OF the receiver burst into Fragments f1ving
in every direction with terrible foree
" illiams body was terribly manglsd. All
Of the men were married.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-13
A WINTER FANTASY.

Your veil is thick, and none would know
The pretty face it quite obscures;
But if you foot it through the snow,
Distrust those little boots of yours.
The tell tale ground, q sparkling mold,
Says where they go and whence they cane,
Lightly they touch its carpet cold,
And where they touch they sign your rlafle.
She passed beneath your branches bare,
How fair her face, and how content,
| only know her face was fair
only know she came and went.
Pipe, robins, pipe; though boughs be bleak,
You are her winter choristers;
Whose cheek will press that rose red cheek3
What bps those fresh young lips Of heIsi
Fred Locker