The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-06

every week
At brung her mail bag over from ther
stage ct Frozen Greek;
AM he seemed to grow more clipper, fer
or day er two ct least,
E8 he dreamt about the writer at WIZ
waitin' thar back East
He wuz up on eddication said them ez
thought they knew,
An ez fer pints on grammar, he could give
US all er few;
But still he never put on airs an alters
Tell he became ct Harrises ther gin'ral
faveright.
We uster gether every week ter see him
get his mail,
AN soon ez ct wuz handed him he'd mosey
up ther trail,
But purity quick 'ud sonter back, his eyes
er dancin bright,
An then we knowed ther gal wuz true an
everythin' wuz right.
Et gotter be absorbin' fun ter see that
mail come in,
An all ther boys at gethered thar reflected
Kansas grin.
Fer somehow every one of US wuz ready
ter enthuse
his cheerful news. --
tf9l course ne ne never said said -es word regardiu,
his affairs,
Fer thar is secrets sech ez these er feller
never shares,
But tho ther critter fancied 'at no one
knew his play
rhet whole blamed camp wuz posted in er
most surprisin' way.
He even knowed the color of her ewes an
style o. nose
An speckerlated mildly on ther pattern of
her clo'es.
While darin' Dick McMasters, who had
Travelled in Paree,
Opined she was an angel of superlative de.
gree.
Some thought at she wuz stately an per-
haps er trif1e slim.
With er pile o. gold an larnin', but none
too much for him;
While others drawed her pictur' ez er sort
o. fairy miss
AT wuz peart an small an nippy, an
made fer men ter kiss.
But none o. these reflections Bleedin'
Kansas ever heard;
Et wuz on'y in our cabins at these re-
marks occurred,
An ez ther critter atayed alone we didn't
hev no fears
AT what we said about the gal 'ud ever
reach his ears.
Purity soon we heered 'at Kansas wuz
tixin' up his shack,
An then we seed him buildin' er kitchen
ct ther back,
AM one er two PROJECTIONS at he added ter
ther side
Set all ther boys er chucklin', fer they
knowed ct meant er bride.
But still he never peeped er word, fer, ez
I've tried ter show,
In spreadin' information ther cuss wuz
mighty slow;
But when ther shack wuz finished an we
seen ther way he looked
We mentally determined at thet eastern
gal wuz booked.
Nex' Monday, when ther carrier come
a-lopin' up ther trail,
Thar never wuz so many ducks er Iookin'
after mail;
But, In course TO Bleedin' Kansas they Civ
ther right o. way,
Fer when feller gifts in love thar's alters
hell ter pay.
Their carrier held ther letters an sifted
thro' ther list,
But ther mail fer Bleedin' Kansas fer er
wonder he'd been missed;
An ther disappointed lover dropped outer
line an few,
With every mothers son of US er feelin'
Jest ez blue.
Another week an then er third, but still
no letter fell
In Bleedin' Kansas waitin' hands ter tell
him she wuE well;
An all on US wuz mournful-like, an won
dered eff could be
rher gal he'd jumped ther cantract an
agreed ter disagree.
Ct last our mental fcelin'a he'd come ter
sech pitch
AT some Of US determined fer ter try an
larn ther hitch;
But ct broke our resolutions an Civ our
hopes or cramp
Ter find 'at Bleedin' Kanses he'd TUX an
jumped ther camp.
Fer sev'ral months he stayed away an
left the boys in doubt,
Not knowin' If that love affair of his had
petered out.
An then one day ter Harrises er feller
moseyed in,
Er tall, ungainly critter, with features pale
an thin,
An clothin' soiled an dusty from or long
na' weary tramp
But we recognized poor Kansas an well
coined him ter camp
He never said er word about the eal he
useter spark,
An tho we fairly ached ter know, we ken,
our wishes dark;
For somehow we could plainly see the fel-
lex want the same,