Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
She saw them sold and naked. she heard them

his pain,
The masked and midnight robber skulked silent
by the way,
Uuucky was the traveller he chose to make his
prey.
The pale and shipwrecked banker. of every hope
Looked In upon his ruin, then cursed his birth
and died.
1t WAS II dreadful panic rs ever saw tile sun:
No n,aa would trust his brother, and confidence
was gone.
No mighty arm was stretched abroad.
The helpless to defend;
Misfortune knew no sympathy.
And poverty no friend,
In death a tear for the bereaved
Ne'er moistcned PHYS eye;
None listened to the widows moan
Nor heard the orphans cry.
Then came a man with brawny arms from Eng
lands Island shore,
Who had been used to swing the sledge and hear
the bellows roar.
Agamemnon. King of Men this man appeared
to me;
Not as the stcel-nailed warrior comes; came he
from London far;
His mission was not war and strife, nor yet the
spoils OF war.
Humanity was all his wish, for this the black
smith came,
That Odd Fello,rs might have u home, Odd
Fellowship name.
Old Thomas Wdey walked abroad and viewed
the city DER,
He sought the novels Of the poor in Southern
Baltimore,
He listened to the widows moan; he heard the
orphans cry,
He saw distress without a friend. he saw the
helpless dic
The old man wept, then cried aloud, y. God of
life and youth!
Help me to DiGd my fellow men in Friendship,
Lore and Truth,
Help me to teach the true belief in brotherhood
below!
That men may know each others grief and
feel each others woe.
Since death is mans unhappy lot, let lore his
life perfume,
And smiles OF friendship light the path that
leads him to the tomb.
Help me to lay the triple links from east to west
ern shore,
Till human poverty shall cease and want be felt
no more.
Let priests and preachers harp on creeds and
| politicians br;lwl;
We own no creed nor politics, bnt God is Lord
| OF all.
We seek to elevate the race; we've tounda better
| plan:
We teach the tathcrhood of God, The brotherhood
| OF man.
I; When darkness threw her mantle across the
| harbor bars,
Five brothers ofthc Order convened ut Scrcl
Stars
| The lights shone dim and doubtful upon the
upper floor
| OF Lupton's little tavern III southern Baltimore
| lhe TAIL White t;t!iow candles gave out Sick y
| glow.
And human forms, like shadows, were gliding to
| and fro.
what seek they in that chamber at this dead
hour of nleht2
Or have tney any secrets thai should not tht
/ light?
Perhaps dlsluyal Tories from Brtton's late ARA,
now plot with high officials the city TO bctray;
Perhaps the midnight roDbel, or gambler III hi:
dcli,
With mufied feet is seeking to rob his fellow
| men;
Perhaps some bold anarchists have gathered
from aftr.
VITA dynamite explosives more terrible than
war.
BY means of an old cable,
The seres stars scaled
But When reached the gable,
NV courage almost failed
1t made my fingers tinglc,
For twas against the law;
l slipped aside Shingle
And this was what ! saw.
I saw Il priest of -Ad,ons Inc who did ccnso
swing,
Another in his scarlet robes looked every inch
king
1 saw y shepherd take his crook as If his fiocks
Craze.
l saw sage with locks Of sno,r like one {
ancient days.
saw the four li,,ecl on the floor; / heard thcr
call Oh God,
While Thomas Wildcy Ger their heads cxtende
Moses rod.
Ths Lord be no,o t,rcen thee and nc. and notl
ing shall us sever,
And then bct,recn thU seed and mine the L0,
shall stand torerc,.
Twas thus the infant Lodge was born, an
since its humble birth
1t has reached forth until Its arms encircle a
the earth
Where Uncomprahgre's mountain peak look
through the azure Sky,
The mining camp jifts up its voice: Send I
your mystic tic.
the sea
your home with me.
And where the golden setting sun In hoary oce.
sinks,
your mystic links.
Among the Poyncsian Isles the thrce.fold ia
Is told
Or where on far Auslralia's hills thu mine
seek for gold,
Where Esquilno OH Greenland's isle dwell
eternal SHOWS.
Or where on far AIasEa's plains the Yukon riv
flows;
Where billiards from the Arctic pole on Hu
sons Bay rccline,
Or Manitoba zephyrs sweep across the Britt.
line;
FLom Queen Nictoria's frozen realm the joyf
voice we hear,
And Dakota joins the cry: Come plant vo
Order here.
And where the rockbound coast OF Maine
swept hy ocean storms.
A voice ABOVE the tempest cries: Come, fold
In YOUR arms.
From Plymouth rock the pilgrim calls in ton
as glad as they,
Or where the streaks Of golden light proclai
the coming day.
From st,Augustine's ancient town and Cubs
island shore,
There comes a voice across the wave. Send
your charter o'er.
: Where Texas cattle on the plains appear
countless droyes.
And where the Mississippi flows through cndle
orange groves,
10 Or where the Maids OF Aztec move with eyes