The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
SUB ROSA.

o boys do like their fun, blame them not,
Youth's days are pleasant and plsasuresble LOT,
For at place not verv far from town Mi
The boys are doing meanness all around;
And every night when tho be|l rings nine
1t ia token Of the meanness sivn,
And creeping down the stairs, serpent's gait
For fear to let the old man he,r their pace,
And out they 60 like cattle on plain,
With four legs, minus two. thsy are he ssme;
And handkerchief tied tight sr'und their face Z
With slouchy hats to hide away their grace.
They run around to get the old man out.
And after that they hollsr and they shout.
Then two or three slip round to HE room door
And stuff the key.hole full Of non-forgottsn lore
OF wooden pses and sun-shot mud and tar
Are instruments thsy use both near and Tar.
Ths old man mosuts the staiu with bsavy paeas
With shsspish lsoks, and with a. angry fsesl
Aud when he takss the KY - ops ths doee
HI 6nda that there 10 Tar III o'ss ~ 1sos. 1s
The shoss hs wssp sls not tie vsry bast. It'll
| Ard raising ~ b lsavis tAssoan y ~.
Bat pSnr Old nsa, ~ me 10 ~ his 66ss.
Isstsad Of that ~ sGslIs ths gus-aAot nSfs.
Ths boy nsxt doos. With ~ bdsGs sut ~ hap'
Aud Il ron know hin, hes nstAias bit . sssaps
He says. 20. N. 8e-aad-6s, Who did - nsan .
thing.
III had sssn him do this. woald mahs he sars
i 70 Ing"
The old man grants, "BOys ars Toe oesa 70 live.
II eeald ealy and them out to "WAeos Cenrss''
lvcasd Givs. 4
In glad I've only got one soa, tAsrsat ~
daughter four.
AID am vsry certain that thsy did not stuff NJ
door.
I'll stand oil nisht In empty rooms and striks -
thsn light"
All things ars qsist sros.A ~ Hall. ~ bssa
| are seas T. bsd.
gays Dsa to Jix, wen Dc ~ Old nAa In -
sight. - ysa before had bst'.
"Bst HethiaG." says jim, bat I'm - szss . Tie
| sun.
Coms. let - ~ tAs I'D uaa h, saA ~ sAall
havs ssns.faA." a.~
"All right" says Bsa. 'eo0s 1t y % 81 - Z
stick . wids.
That whsa Tie old man tsiss 70 pail Il yin d
asslass strifs."
AwN ~ 70 aeessa ~ Halt unss ~ vssd'
piis great
Bays Bsa - jim. Il thiak Ills siek viii N ~
~ naAs tAAA"
Away they 20 |. triumph slss. Bsa with ~ NJ
end seiek,
sAys Jim to B.a. I'll stand and watch, Will,
| yoa 20 do he tsiek."
"All right" says Ben, II am With yoa there, m
Do ~ 6est go
To Ax The rope apoa ths stiek, ~ ~ tAs nsaz
cid man."
10 Ban took Of y. sAss. 70 SMALL bosA ,snss
tens in siss.
And in his stosk.fsst mounts the stairs, % :,
prevent surprise.
And like . cat that softly trsads. 20 Ben Ii,
move along.
The old man reading in his room, suspectin,
nothing wroas.)
4 With crafty skill and sleekish acts a. ns'er W.
seen before,
He linksns on that fatal stick, to the handle o
the door.
The old man pulls. and Jumps, and shouts, like
lion in cage.
And had become % maddened with infuriate'
rage.
20 boys o boys you awful scsmps do you tax
me for q fool.
! 1
seeans mule,
} You have less manners than the hogs which plo.
along tho street,
II they are mean they show it out, and not il
their stock-feet,
But never mind, Ill catch you yet. though yo
think that I'm fool,
You take your fun Of some one elee, make othe
, men your tool"
Ny nearer and my readers, the Hall is Just
show,
At six O'Clock in the morning. the boys like root
ters crow.
lii lisa genuine farm yard, they cackle and the
, cry,
And in very little while they will have wings I
fly.
How cruel they are, how very cruel, the hogs the
do assail,
The willing creatures run away with tin can b
their tail.
, And every little Niger that comes about the hal
1t is nine chances out of ten that you will hes
them squsll,
Or, if he comes about the Hall in meanness q
IN wrath.
It's very often that he gets heavy, sloppy bath
The boys are very tasty 10 bedding or in shee
For now the beds can make themselves and wal
into the street,
And all that have got to say, that this is all
sin.
o. Whole Course" do have pity on Charli
Ben and Jim.