The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-27
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Win me npise the brokers made,
With he music Mamm0n played,
Rang and reared Hike very Iscdiarn
The Chicago Board Of Trade,
Where the Demon OF the Market -
( Led the discord, bell In hand
Dauass WITH his shrieking chorus,
Dives, with his believing band
TIL the clamor In the chamber
Crew the clan1or Of town
And the money mad halloo,
~ y Ajsas
Seemed dfthyrambtc tempest
That would never quiet down.
hut amid the Babel din
Came q small magician In,
And the tsimult quickly dwindled
To murmur low and thin.
Thro' that reyel hall OF PIutus
Stole hush Of queer surprise y
All tho .'builsr and Ybears,r enchanted
Dropped their voices aud their eyes,
For The velvet footed vision
Gliding Ger the marble noor
Soothed them, like a tender spell -
TO q Feeling none would tell,
And q look like fathers faces
peeping thro the nursery door
Twas q curious magic spun
Round the heart OF every one:
Twas something less than sentiment
And something more than fun.
Oh, cat may watch a king, they say;
hut chance had altered that,
For whole brigade Of money kings
Were looking at cat;
: Nor the corn OF all the prairies,
Nor the cotton Of tho Soufh
Calling thro' the 4ticket.s. whir.
Gould their souls that moment stir
Like the sight Of gray Grimalkin
With a kitten in her month.
1t was pussy knowing day.
!. For some warming scanned To say -
She must domiciic her babies ~
Farther out of peril's way:
And the mothers new migration,
With her brood Of mother cares,
From behind the elevator
To behind the gallery stairs
Was the play that caught the traders
Az they rushed their bargains thro',
And the small domestic role
WAS SO pretty and so dro1l
Not d man but would have watched 1t
p I'll the dinner whistle blew. -
Buyers bid and jobber's bet,
Stock commission, m Margin, net,
Consols, credits, shorts and futures, y
Pussy made them all forget,
As with head erect her burden
Straight she toted DER the track, e
Eaid it In IT'S new made cradle,
And scdately trotted back.
Every time she took a Kitten
All the crowd their silence broke
With o chorus Of hurrahs:
And symphony OF abs
When at home she safely dropped IL,
Like gentle thunder spoke
Never needing looks or cheers,
On her slow and calm careers,
tfhro' the lane OF eager gazers
Marched, the cat with slanting ears;
To and fro with patient PAGES,
Turn by turn and trip by trip,
Going with furry bundle
Coming with an empty grip,
All her mind upon her business,
Pussy kept her steady gait,
Aud the wonder smiling men 7
Saw her pass and pass again,
Counting cats thro' all the litter,
And the last was number eight.
3 AT the ending OF the play ss=-sss= ='s4-s.s.a9s'
OF Grimalliin's moving day,
When her weak and moving family
Was snugly slowed away,
= On the first step OF the stairway,
Seated with-a- quiet gr aee,--------
Panfomime OF dumb contentment,
With her paw she washed her face;
And the spectators, laughing,
AS the mimic curtain fell"
Vowed the cat.and.kitten drama
Was treat that paid them well.
the charm was broken surely, r-'------~
And $50 soon 1t seemed SIM
Ere the last half minute went
or that quarter-hour well spent
They were "whooping up the market
With the same old Babel din.
Theron Brown, in Harper's Bazaar.