The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
A TALK OF INVERTEBRATES.


TALE OF swEETHEARTs.
So you've gotten an offer O. marriage !
There's brave and q comely lad
WI home o. his own Already, an e's
sighin' away like mad
And frettin' hs honest heart out just for a
word o. thine
And he Gamma veil IL you love him, for your
checks give ne'r sign.
lie told me the tale hssen, lass-he left me
awhile ago;
You're making his heart a plaything, and
Wilma say yes or no.
Look In your mothers eyes, lass; nay, dunna
m drOop your head
There's nOwt as you need to blush fora
woman was born to we'd.
He's rough in his wayf-a miner. He's
grimed wi the Crime O. coal
Better ha' CRIME on his hands, lass, than
CRIME on his heart and soul.
May be your hearts another's that I'm
ntcking Lunnun chap,
As como 10 town last Winter--asll leave
again this, mayhap.
Have guessed your secret, Jenny; is that
why you won't have Joe?
You've gotten finer sweetheart, and the
=, collier chap must got
shall help you to make your mind up, and
10 choose between two menY
Ill tell you a tale o. sweethearts, and the
lass o the tales myaen.
was summat about your age, lass, and a
gOod-lookin' lass folks said,
Whom chap as come to our village, Lun-
nuner, turned my head.
lie came vi the player peOplo-he came and
he staid awhile
And 8 mellow ho won my heart, lass, W his
fine play-actin' style.
But ! was promised wife then. My sweet
heart was like thy Joe,
Lancaster lad, miaer, who worked In
the mines below,
He saw what was up, did Dann, and he
came TO- my feyther's place
WI q look O. shame and % sorrow deep
lined on bis honest face.
And ho took my hand and he pressed il, and
go, he said In a choky voice,
MY lass, they say In Z village that your
Cotton doubts Of your choice;
That felly ha' COON betwixt us, that your
love for mysen he dead,
SO It's rect that | stan aside, lass-ye can
marry this man instead"
/ was free fro that day we parted-ior the
word that wudna speak;
But be stopped to gi' me his blessin'-he
stopped and he kissed my cheek;
And he said to me softly, Jenny, we Gamma
be mon and wife,
But II liver 20 need. n friend, lass, why l
am your friend Tor lie.
went wi my player lover--we we're mar
ried in Lunnun town
For month was up l. tho heavens, and then
| came orashin' down.
My man got In debt and trouble, and the
devil came peer n out.
And i was n drunkard's victim-sWOrn AT
and knocked about.
In a year 10 had gene and left newt n
BARN at my achin' breast
do my best;
Left me in cruel Lunnun, wi never friend
nniRh,
WI a fever wearin' my brin out, and BARN
as prayed might die.
wandered away wi my baby-it cried wi
And again came the aeud to whisper
,,,,.,, Death, 10 my maddened brain:
XIII IT. the devil whispered, and again
came the feeble ory;
TOD help me the devil conquered, and |
lett the child to die.
fed wi tho feet Of terror, and ever behind
me oamo
A phantom that tracked my footsteps. and
shouted and called my name.
mat cried To- tho heavens "Murderi" And
thought In mad despair
lhat hundred eyes wore watohin'-I could
see them everywhere.
read in an English paper the news of my
He'd been ed in drunken quarrel-I
-, was widowed and free to mate.
la many q DECENT offer, but answered 'sm
I'd duty to do in England, and made up
mind to so.
Year after year grew stronger that terrible
hAuntin' thought,
That nony a guilty islOn to the clutch o. the
AMI maddened At Observation-Disclosures
tured by conscience still,
1 cried, upst 20 70 England, and the law
Eight yeas from that dsy of horror-eieht
years TO the very night
came TO my, native village, came in the
waning light;
There was never soul that know me as l
passed through the quiet street,
And thought O the days long vanished.
and tho friends that used to meet,
A child looked mp at that moment, and see-
ing my wan, whie face,
She uttered cry and her father in a sec
- ond was QUITO the place;
he had seen me, too, at his window, / tot
But he caught me and strained me 10 him
wi passionate, Joyful cry.
Una lass 4" he cried, "tha' art coom. thar
coon whOam TO us here at last
1 ma waited for thee, my Jenny, this monv
long year past;
knew as thy mon had left thee-I knew M
thy mon wur dead
And thowd you'd ha' COON before. lass 4"
shivered and hung my head,
"Will 20 be ma wife" he whispered. "T
ha waited, ma lass, for thee;
I've BARN rs wants mither-the lASsie as
yO' can see.
WIN 20 make me happy mon, JennyPr
49,. Then ! tore my sen away.
1t Gamma be, DAN" answered, "for I 90
TO my doom to-dayl
I've come TO my native villSge--here whore
the deed was done
To cry out that dark niEhts secret 4 the
light Of MONDAY sun, wv
A murdo,ess SpGl% 9 to justice to forfeit her
He heard me without g shudder, and bs
answered, Be ma wife
be ma wife and forget Z past, lass, and
hoyld up thy bonny head,
TOT SI ,ss ,Soyy 9 see n cottage lie Z one
50 thee th. tonne tina COON here-I sa' as
An I, babe as tina laid 4 the snow, lass.
browt to my vhOam that meet"
The BARN hat he found was you, deAr-the
=, man had cast away
hhu peen 70 you aE q feyther-you call him
your dad" to-day. N'N'
anu now you're woman Grown, dear.
=. mine story you ought 10 know
~ may heit you l. make your mind up,
WIKI the Lunnun chap andJee.
what's thatf A knock at the door. lass,
WY, your cheeks are like the rose
lou Know the knock Tor a penny--you've
,,,, heard Il afore-it's Joe's.
hhAt 40 you whisper yohny2 "You have
~, have Away loved him ~ Then
III Aolde q "a ither room, lAss-you can
tel him his fate yoursen,
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