The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-01
AFTER ToMLINsoN DIED.
An English Hypocrite So Mean-Soule'
He Couidn't Get Into Either Place.


And spirit came to his bedside and gripped
hin, ov the hair
spirit gripped him By the hair and carried
III he heard As the roar of q rsin-ied ford tie
roar OF the Milky Way.
Ili he hea-d the roar of the Milky Way die
GOWN anu drone and cease.
Ana they came TO the Gate within the Wall
49, where Peter holds the ksys-
stand up, stand up now, romlinson, and an
eWsr loud and high
The good that ye ala tor the sake of men or
ever re came 10 die
The god that We did ior the sake Of uasn in lit
tie earth so Iolel'
And the naked soul of Tomlinson grew white
a. raln-washed bone
20 have friend OF earth," he said, "thst was
And Wen would he answer all for me if he were
py ny side
-'For shat We strovs in neighhor love it shall
But now re wait at Heavens gate and not in
Berkeley Square;
Though We called your friend from his bed this
night be could not SPEAK for you,
fof TIE race u run By one and one, and never
by two and two"
Then Tcmliuson looked up and down. and little
gain was there,
For the naked stars grinned overhead, and he
saw that his soul vss bare;
he W ind that blows between the Worlds, il cut
And IoEalInsoa took up his tale and spoke of
bis good in lie:
This have read II q book" he said, "and
that was tod TO ne.
And this have thought that another man
thought OF Prince in Auscoyy."
lie good souls locked ike homing doves and
babe him clear the path.
And Peter twir.ed the iingl;ng keys in weari-
ness and wrath.
aye have read, ye have heard, We have thought"
ne said, land the tale is yet 10 run:
BY the wor b OF the body that once re had, give
aaswsf-what Ia ys douef"
Then Tomlinson looked back and forth, and
little good it bore,
FOR the Darkness stayed at his shoulder blade
and Heavens Gate before;
20 this have fell, ana this have guessed, and
this have heard men say,
Ana this they wrote that another man wrote OF
a carl in Norroway."
"fs have read, ye have felt re have guessed.
good iaekl Ys have hanpered Heavens
There's little room between the stars in idleness
o none may reach by hired speech of neighbor,
priest, aud kin.
Through borrowed deed to Gods good NEED
that lies so lar within;
Get hence, get hence TO tie Lord Of Wrong, for
And the faith that ys share with Berkeley
square Uphold you' IomlinsonE
The Spirit gripped him by the hair. and sun by
sun they fell.
Till they came to the bels OF Naughty Stars that
rim the mouth of He'll;
The first are red with pride and wrath, the next
But the third are blsck with clinkered sin that
cannot burn again:
They may hold their path. they may leave their
path, with never 8 soul 10 mark,
They may burn or freeze, but they must not
cease in the Scorn of the Outer DARK
The Wind thai blows between the Worlds, II
nipped him 10 the bone,
And be yearnei 70 the dare of He'll Gate there,
as the light of his own hearth-stone.
The Devil he sat behind the bars, where the des-
perase legioas drew,
= k..es TO- 49,
not let him through.
"Wos ye the prlce OF good pit coal that must
payT said be,
lam ali o'er-sib to Adams breed that ye should
give me scorn.
For strove with God for your First Father the
day that lie was born
SIT down, sit down upon the Stag, and answer
loud and high
The harm that ye did to the Sons of Men or ever
And Tomlinsou looked up and up. and saw
against the night
The belly OF tortured star blood-red in He'll
And Tomlinson looked down and down, and
saw beneath his feet
The tronsles OF {. tortured star milk-white in
"oh had love on earth. /" said he, ''thss kissed
And if ye would call my love to mel know she
-"An that ye aid in love forbid it shall be
But now ye vals at Hsu-Moush Gate and not in
Though We whistled your love from her bed to
night srow she would not run.
For the sin ye do BY Two and two ye must pay
for one by one.
The Wind that blows between the Worlds, IL
made him shudder and grin.
And be grcaned himself like thing cistraught
for the scrappiest shred of a sin:
''Once ha' laughed at the power of Love and
twice at the grip of the Grave,
And thrice ha' patled my God on the head
that me might call me brave"
The Dsyil he blew on q brandered soul and set
il aside 10 cool:
"Do We think would waste my good pit coal on
the hide OF q brain-sick foolr
see no worth in the hoouailed mirth or the
jolt-head jest ye did
That l should waken my gentlemen that are
sleeping three on grid"
Then Tomlinson looked back and forth and
there was little grace,
For Hell Gate flied the houseless Soul with the
Fear OF Naked space.
"Nay, this ha' heard" quo Tomlinson, ''and
this was noised abroad,
And this ha' go, from Belgian book on the
word OF dead French lord"
Eye Ia heard. ye hs read, We hs' got good
lackl And the tale begins sfresh-
Have We sinusd one sin for the pride o. the eye
or the sinful lust OF the fiesh?'
Then Tomiinson he grippsd the bars and yam
mered, 'Let me in
For mind that borrowed my nsighbor's vile
20 sin the deadly sin
banked the fires high:
"Did ye read o that sin in book" said he:
aud Tomlinson said "Ay!"
The devil he whistled between his teeth. and
the little devils ran:
And he said. go husk this whimpering thief
that comes in the gutse OF q man;
winuow him out 'twift star and star, and sieve
his proper worth:
There's sore decline in Adams line If this BE-
spawn of sar1n."
Empusa's crew, so naked-nsw they may not face
the Are,
But weep that they bin too small to sin to the
height Of their desire
Over the coal they chased the Soul, and racked
A children rifle a csddis-cass or the ravens
foolish heard.
And back they came with the tat,ered Thing as
children after play.
And they said: "Ths soul that he got from God
be has bartered clean away.
We have threshed q stoek of print and book, and
winnowed 8 chatierins wind
And many soul wherefrom no stoe, Eut his
We cannot ind:
We have handled him, we have handled him, We
have scared him to the bone.
And sure if tooth and nail show truth he has no
soul of his own"
The Dsyil he bowed his head on his breast ana
rum bled deep and low:
"rm all o'sr-sib TO Adams breed that should
Yet close we lie, and deep We lie, and If gave
Ny gentlemen shat are so proud would aous me
They'd call my house . common s,evs and me
careless host.
And-I would not anger my gentlemen for the
sake OF shiiiless ghost"
The Devil he looked at the nangled Soul that
prayed 10 feel the fame,
And he thought of Holy Charity, bat he thought
of mis- own good name;
.Now sc could haste my coal to waste and al,
ye down 10 fry;
Did ye think OF that theft for yourseir" said he.
the Tonlnsoa said "Ay!"