The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-12
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
NY onuM TEDDY.

TEDDY o Rourke's my chum. you see.
= An how ithaprtned was him IN me
Was down. at the dock with the rest that day,
A-lookin' fur somethin to COINS our way
Fur shines. tell We was precious few,
An we thought we could pick up dime or two,
Along with some Of the other chaps,
Luggin feller's vaiise, perhaps.
TT was time the boat was a.gittin' In,
An Of all the crowd on the dock. who'd been
Waitin' fur friends, none took our eye
Like two who was staudin' Just close by
Indy, II ever was one guess
You could tell as much by her way an dress
With little girl who had bout the looks
or them kids you see In the picture books.
With her big blue eyes an sher hair like gold
s'pose she was four or i've years old
An blest II she doesn't tell Ted an me
How her pa's on board an how glad she'll DO
When he is home with EN- both again,
An Teddy he sees the boat Just then
"well, the boat swings inter the slip at last
An, while they're busy a-makin' fast,
With the passengers ready Almost to land,
The little girl loses her mothers hand,
When every ones crowdin' an pushin' hard,
An blamed II she doesn't fall overboard- ~
can't ezzictly tell how she does, 8s8
Cause fore knows It, why therk IT was ~
An then there folders great big splash
As Teddy goes after her In n flash - ssys.,ssss,
Talk about swimmsn'. now, Ted kin swlmi
Not one OF the fellers knows tops him,
Stay under the longest you ever see;
Dive about twict as high as me;
Go out so FUR you'd be scairt clean through;
Nhyvthey Amt a tEln AT he, edassent dol
More like u duck. guess youd say
II ever you saw hin,ir, some day
An, though the tide IS a.runnin strong,
He strikes rght out, an' 1t amt so long
Fore he's clingin with her TO the slippery
spiles,
An she's saJc-an' lie just looks up an smiles.
"Then they git the title girl up all right,
An there's nothin' the matter with her 'cept
fright
While Teddy unhelped climbs up the beams
with the water a-runnfn' from him In streams;
An, while he's shiverin' kind o., there.
The little girls ma don't seem to care
Al all fur the people a-standn' by,
But & YES him a kiss M begins to cry;
An the little girls pa amt noways slow
In grabbine his hand-an' he won't let go:
! While every body upon the pier
Just whoops her up In q Dustin cheer,
An one OF EN- yells out, after that:
Come, chip In, al OF you. Here's the hntr
An didn't theyi Well, now, they Just did!
| Teddy was alters q lucky kid
An, while around with the hat they goes,
Every one reaches down in his elo'es,
An you'd laugh 10 see now the OF pug HIS
With dimes an quarters an halls an bills,
RI HI at last I'll t-heldin. SO much Tin ---7--
Lookss IL the crown would just bust right in;
An they takes the money at they have riz,
An they goes to Teddy an says it's his.
!" 'Whatr says Teddy. This amt all mine.
An you oughter have seed his black eyes shine,
An Ifeels SO good at givss him shove.
Fur knows just what he's a-thiHsin' OIL
II $ about his mother, who's purity old,
An that sister Of his'n the doctors told
II she only could go fur a. good long spell
Out in the country she m ghtsglt we'll
An every one laughs cause he stares SO hard,
While the little girls pa takes out card
That says where Teddys TO call next day, -
And they goes in u hack of their own away, n
While. some one tells Teddy TO seoot shome
quick.
An change his clio 8 SO he wont git sick.
That's about all 'cept Teddy U Rourke
Has got chance. md has gone to work
In the little girls pas big dry.goods store,
An he amt a-shnin' tem up no more;
An now he's a-goin' to frce-school, nights,
An he's learnin SO at he reads an writes,
While tells him TO keep on peggin' away,
Ar. he'll be a big duck hisself, some day.
= An, me? Oh, Teddy,lI look out FUR me-
Teddy O'Rourkes my chum you seer
Malcolm Douglas, IN st. Nicholas