Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-24

over every valley, every hill and noun
tain top, she reigneth. Bring In the
tribute that her store-houses may be filed,
and her merchants be princes on the
earth" Then they who worshiped at
her shrine placed upon her brow the lone
star and shouted "Teiasl Teias!" which
needeth no Interpretation, as the signin-
cation thereof has been made manifest
by one of her counselors But TO her
shore came no great ships and she sighed
"woe is me, the sea mocketh all the day
long,"
Wise men Of the East came to behold,
and lol they said this is no maiden, but
one of those monsters from the deep
whose long arms reach out to grasp all
things but to kill, and thus grow great
with spoils. And they took counsel to-
gether, saying, GLOW shall we compass
this consuming octopus and olsen
said, "Go to; we will spread
our nets; and in the North shall be our
center from whence our lines shall 90 to
all parts of her former dominion, and as
tribute comes we Will send it forth to
beautify and redeem the land" In the
days OF this chronicle did these wise men
all that they purposed in their hearts,
and straightway the valleys rejoiced and
the hills did clap their hands, and the
pleasant places grew and multiplied.
Then came sorrow to the queen OF the
isle, seeing her substance devoured, and
she lifted up her voice, weeping that the
glory was departing from her. But her
faithful trumpeter came, saying, ~ will
HE me to the Northeast and blow such a
blast that the hills shall tremble and the
valleys quake, the beautiful places shall
give up their spells, and the great king
who sitteth afar shall Join with thee that
the sea shall obey thy behest, and
great ships shall ride in thy
harbor, and all the merchandise
of the land shall crowd thy store-houses. !"
And so 1t was that this mighty man of
valor came up to the North, and blew his
blast and compasscd the cities, and broke
his pitcher; but the walls fell not, neither
did buyers and sellers cease in the gates
The king in the great country sat afar
off, and his counselors took no thought
for her who mourned in sackcloth, with
the ashes OF desolation upon her brow.
! Now it came to pass that this trumpetel
sent spies into the camps about to spy
out the land and see wherein the great
strength lay, who returned, saying, "Car
We not break the net and set free all that
which we gathered in former years, that
it mag enrich our queenY" And he said
"Nay, they be too strong for us, anC
their trumpeters blow so loudly upor
their instruments that none give us heed
"But hear, oh, counselors Saw "
naught in one of the cities o
the plain?" And they say unto him, "Yei
verify, small yellow tokens saw we!'
"Aha aha blow We the trumpet I'll
the pestilence; sound the alarm, call "
all the rumpeters, that all the land shall
hear"
Then came the wise men and took coun
sci one with another and other wise mel
with signs, omens, and portents, and fight
OF birds, diyining that they should not per
init the men of that city to enter int,
their borders, and to their scribes the
said "write We the number, the number o
the tokens tenfold and let not the trump
eters cease day nor night but let the peo
pie cry woe unto our sister, she is smit
ten, she is smitten.'" And the trumpet
ers prayed and the people cried out wit
great voice; but the land grew and me
stayed not to come into her markets, an
as the chronicler slept, voice came I
I him saying, "write woe is she who sittet
by the waves, her waste places no ma
considereth, her palaces are forsaken, an
her ships are afar off"