Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-09

here Arise, aud get thee hence in
haste unto the King with thy pipes
and thy hurdy-gurdy as he hath com
manded thee. " Then did Willy Willy
Billy-son arise in haste, even as they
babe him; for, as has been said, he
was sweet-tempered man and lover
of them which loved him And they
saddled his ass and did set him there
on; and straightway Willy Willy Billy
son, the sweet singer of Bullfrog Flat,
lit out, making Decline for the city
of Babbleton wherein was the palace
of King K le-ve-lan the Great.
Now Babbleton was a mighty city,
city of brick, and Of stone, and OF
marble, with fountains and gardens,
and pleasant walks under shade-trees,
with many buildings beautiful to be-
hold. Beside its walls ran the river
called the Pow-tow-alac, the same
which is on the north borders Of the
land of Bul1frog- Flat. And the IN
habitants Of this city were of every
tribe and tongue on the face of the
earth. Here were Mooneye- bag men,
and Suggar-Truste men, and men
many of the Lobbee tribe; and some
were called by strange names, as job
men, and Cookoo men, and Crauks,
and oddities, and Silverites; and there
were many men of war, singers of
yink, and singers of dirt, and blowers
of gasse, together with many shooters
of the long bow wherewith men are
ofttimes slain unawares.
And it came to PASS that on the
third day after Wily-Willy- Billy-son,
obeying the behest OF his brethren, had
left his own house to journey toward
the city of Babbleton, he lifted up his
eyes, and beheld afar off the chimney
| tops of King K'le-ve-lan's palace and
the great dome of the Lobbee temple
And he spake unto his ass and said,
''Git up" But the beast needed not
| his voice, and again he said, "Git upl'
And third time he lifted up his voice,
and exc both his heels, and likewise
his staff belaboring the sides and Pumps
of the ass to make the beast hasten to
the city And when he found that
the ass needed not his staff nor his
heels, then by word of mouth he did
persuade the beast gently as was his
wont. "Prithee, move faster thou old
fool" quote he. "Dost thou not
smell the clover fields of this land, yea,
even the goodly land Of Yankeedoodle-
dunn ~ Then did the ass understand
and needed the voice of his master, for
he sinelt the clover from afar, yea, the
golden clover of Babbleton in the midst
of the land of Yankeedoodledum.
When K le-ve-lan the King heard
that Wily-Willy Billy-son had obeyed
his command, and listened to the
words of his messengers, and the coun-
sells of his brethren, he was exceeding
ly glad, lifting up his voice in thanks
giving and crying nightly unto the
god of Babbleton, "Now. O, Mammon,
is thy servant blessed in the coming
of this son of Cog Magog D. Magog;
for henceforth he will be thorn in the
side of mine enemies. And he shall
teach unto my people new songs, even
songs of the Southland, and my name
shall be in the mouths of the people
forevermore And straighway he
sent forth the captain of his guard
with his men, commanding them
strictly to search the city toward the
gates on the west side looking toward
the land of Bullfrog Flat if peradven-
ture they might find the Bard or Pol
ly-tish- yclept Wily-Willy Billy-son
and bring him to the palace. And, 10,
as the sun went down on the third
day, the captain of the kings guard
| by chance went out the main gate of
the city toward the west side thereof,
and there he beheld Willy Billy
son sitting on his ass in the shadow
of the walls twidling his thumbs and
rolling up the white of his eyes as one
bordering deep matters. And when
the captain OF the guard and they that
were with him saw the Bard of Bull
! frog Flag sitting in this wise on his
ass in the shadow of the wall and the
towers thereof, they RETAINED for
time from speech unto him; for they
thought that he was invoking the
gods OF the city after the manner of
the Moonee-bag men; but Wily-Willy-
Billy-son, as aforesaid was not of the
Moonee-bag tribe, nor was he invok-
ing Mammon, their god, as he sat
twidling his thumbs and rolling his
eyes aloft, for he was only bard of
old-called Polly ish-un, and he was
at that time in the act of composing
his piece called The Song of Songs.
whereof the first verse runneth in this
wise:
Four and-twenty bullfrogs baked in pie
And when he had made an end of his
composing, and had alighted from his
beast, the men of the kings guard
came before him and made obeisance
unto him. And they took him in
charge as they had been commanded,
and brought him to litter of fine
wood painted on the outside in bright
colors OF red. white, and blue, but on
the inside it was lined with crimson
silk and satin set off with fringes of
gold. And they placed Wily-Willy-
Billy son in the midst of the crimson
cushion of the litter and bore him unto
the kings palace.
The foregoing quotation, Mr. Editor,
is only speciman of many passages
to be found in these ancient Annals in
which may be traced evidences of his
toric repetition. Ny hext weeks let
ter may present even more striking
instances of parallelisrn. HERMEs.
A Humorous Fact