Telegram-herald., 1888-01-25


Il ~ss ssa asy when pear KIsa ca
Unitet her lortunes VITA ss1zasl Cay.
Hsf frlea<s 90 e<ss ssee pcssa<s1oas nsa Eried
10 ksep hsr f1sza beias tae sas issyer's bride
Hsf sistrs. % dad. 80 sltsF h<f mlsd
frisd ali - 10 sareosss for love made her
bind.
20, Frsaces ny cesr. oar siosy please hear
Hs i bad fellow ana kh~t i qaile clear
50 sisLer lake h-ed asnt vea INA with speed.
For fear yoa repeat ~ ysur lelsare iAdesa
Her brolhesin-isw bis pl4ia oafy s4s,
Aud gave ner advice. D0t thaI liEaD OF the law,
With wonderful skin, controlled ner 81 Vii.
And, spiie Of saEfeslies. sae eluHs to MIN st-lL
For she ali MT Sc her dusy % he
To marry for true love. and lot tor tie Zee;
That wonderful brain nus be saves. that sas
plan.
such intellect must not be given IN vain.
She used 70 declare. moan run-se.ssrs snare
To save the dear fellow should be her hss care.
His dear children. 100, ior them she would do
a mother mosG loving would be 10 the two
She said they were pretty, were go5d. and were
witty
No children were nicer than those IN the city.
With hesrtthrobs Of bliss. hag aud kiss
she gave. without stint. 10 each dear little
miss.
She welded her Clay; but found no chiid's play
To mould il 10 suit her and, day after day,
One form il would take nor change for her sal
A Jug was The only th.ns tnat il would MAKE
Except just one other. and that was a rake.
Then Anna, they say, proved quite plastic Clay.
| But sometimes refused her ssep-ma to obey;
While Msudie and she could not agree.
Aud soon there was discord among the whole
three.
The poor little misses got seedlings for kisses.
Or sarcastic greetings. and tannting aud Kisses
So matters grew worse Till life seemed . curse:
The grocers Dill threatened 70 empty hel
purse;
On every side some eyIl she spied.
Till, growing quite frantic, she wished she
could hide.
| Atlait, in dismay, poor RuthsrfordClay
Concluded 10 go to some land far away;
| The "nigh rolling sea" safe wall should be
Between her and that willy rascal q. ID.
| To Europe she went, brief season spent,
And. seemingly. wonld have been very con-
teat;
| But letters from Sam. that innocent lamb,
still followed and found her, her life still to
damn.
| At last came the day, her limited stay
Prevented her longer remaining away,
| Then oyes the main she journeys again,
To find herself greatly relieved OF her pain.
When treading once more Americas shore,
| She set her face hard toward her friend Put
| mans door;
| But s. d. so kind was strongly inclined
| To meet her; lie did, too. and altered her mind
For was he not there. with tenderest care,
! To meet her with kind love and promises fair
| Though skeptics may smile, she saw not the
| guile
That lurked meath the smiling mask worn fo
awhile.
| She saw not the rue that everywhere grew;
Eer life had put on quite rcse-colored hue.
/ But this could not last: the days fitted past,
And clouds in her sky were soon gathering
fist:
| The shadows soon fell; home changed into hell
Where peace aud eontentment no longer could
dwell;
For. night after night, Sam stayed out OF sight,
And left his poor wife in a state of alright.
At last, in despair, 70 the phone she'd repair
To asa her friend Kinney il hubby" was there
Then Lyman TOOK pity and searched through In,
city,
To find him, al last in a state not quite pretty
| But strsiyhtway they hied to Doctor Gays side
And there Kinney left him aud bade him abide
At last hope was dead and life full of dread;
Then back to her Old home the poor wonai
sped.
still pitied ana loved her. this unhappy bride
Who, with sorrow apparent, aud grieflsdel
breast,
Thus sought in her old home, haven of rest.
All this might be WELL and there she nigh
dwell,
Bu. the devil is rampant, so I've more to tell
All now" says 5. D., here's some chance 10
me
To pocket some money perhaps, let me seel
"Finy thousand guess. tho may take less.
From this Mr.. Putnam III try hard to press"
To court then. one day. he wended bis way,
And brought action TO make that old gentle
man pay.
Two lawyers he brought, who vsliantly fought
To win Tor their client the money he sought:
And Sammy he swore, some two times or more
| kec0u1tlDg ms Sorrows AZ iength o or aho CT
The witnesses, too when Smiley got through
By SAM were cress-questioned, but all woulC
not 90.
Though Blanchard was shrewd, and Mitchell
quite rude,
And Clay would with sauciness often in'rude.
Judgs Burliagame still ulled all with good viii.
With dignity watching each turn OF the mill
For several days il caused qu.ts craze,
| For listeners often were filed with amaze.
The case being trled. his claim was denied,
And al Sammy's fai logs were told far and wide
The jury, you see, could not quite agree.
As to how much. If any, the daEnAge should be
The seven agree no cause could they see,
Bat I'VE had some sympathy still for :. n,
And thought Mr.. Clay should have some pay
Prom some one for driving bis own wi e away
We thiak that be had Tis really too bsdl
A iessbery coatslsegld se given the lad
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