Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04
GRETCHEE's GRIT.
By ozIAs MrpsunrsEFR-


He'd wandered about amid wales Of disaster.
And climbed the high mountains of woe
ana low ne SAT perched on stump in the pas
And did not know whittier to go.
On why sang his heart. has the earth in itl
No place where tramp may ind rest?
/ Il go to yon house and viii ask them to shake uT
some kind OF g. wanderers nest.
He went to the window, and saw within, sitting
Some son Of the Rhine, a chair,
While close by his side wee fraulein sat knit
Some beautiful striped footwear.
he snnelt the 81 est Linburser cheese through
Mixed with The rare flavor Of kraut.
And mingled va Ia these was the smell Of the
Coming through the keyhole without.
Els heart went up into his mouth in an instant
When fell his hard fist on the door;
When 1g, instead OF coming unto his assistance,
They LETT him stand just as before:
And furthermore then and there all became
And not the least sound could he hear,
Except now and then as they blamed their re-
And then again sampled the beer
Thus forevernore might these things have con
So far as the tramp was concerned.
Had not man then and there. bony and sin
Him in the deep darkness discered.
The words OF the man came in deep thunder
And said, You Dutch son of a gum
But ere lac said more the poor, poor tramp Ian
And Tor his life could not have run.
The man quit the tramp when he thought he
Might very soon give up the ghost;
When The tramp heard the dear little Dutch
And learned Chat the man was his host.
He learned, furthermore, that though he was the
He'd Just got what was the girls beau's;
Her fatherd designed and intended to fix him,
And give him lesson to go.
The tramp soon arranged plan whereby they
To BED in the tidy spare room,
And there he made love to the little Dutch
The tramp, indeed, had struck boom.
He stayed through the cold stormy days Of the
winter,
And fingered along into May,
Declaring, on honor ne was a great sinner,
II able to 90 on his way.
But time brought change. you must go, or
The father said; now do you hearP
When Gretchen arms folded the tramp's form
She told the old man to stand clear.
The father beheld in his daughter the mettle
Which came to Them from his good sire.
He thought the pan should not say black to the
So put his foot down on his ire.
They sat by the kitchen stove calmly discuss
The his OF the tramp and his woes;
The little Dutch 1raulein the. meantime kept
To tickle the old fathers nose;
and soon was delighted TO see him smell gently,
Then fill his lungs with the perfume
As came out the kraut, beer, and Limburger
Their odoT5 pervading the room.
4The hope Of the woman lies in her lords stom-
Thought wise little Gretchen, with smile;
"It father viii eat and drink all see him take
The will Of her lords is his child's"
The plan was successful, and worked in min
ute,
AS Gretchen had hoped that it would
So W1nked to her lover again to begin it,
And settle the matter for good.
The lover began, but before he could finish,
A lawyer drove up to the door;
Who said: My dear sir, if your name is jaw
Winnish,
You're worth forty thousand or more.
Your uncle is dead and has left his whole estate
To you on condition you we'd
So 60 about quickly and hunt up good mate,
Or be poor tramp till you're dead"
He said: "I am Mayor Of Centerviue town here !;
As such have the right and the viii
To tie a knot snugly, and do it up brown, dear
just now. if YOU Two viii stand still"
So Wine the old father was taking a long pull,
To settle Linburger and kraut,
The dainty wee knot was tied quickly, for fear
full
OF kicking should he find it out.
CHICAGO, III.