The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-05
THE JAoKDAw or RHEIMS.

bridsd kneo
Hever. ween, was & prouder scane,
Head of In books or dfeamt of In dreams
Than tho Cardinal Lord Archbishopo OF
Rheims!
On and out, through tho motley rout
That little jackdaw kept hopping about,
Here and there like u dog iD u fair,
Over comilts and cakes. and dishes and
plates.
Cowl and cope. md rocket and fall.
Nitro and crosier, lie hupped upon all. .
With saucy air Ire peIched on the chair
Where, In stale. the great Lord Cardinal
sat,
In the great Lord Cardinals great red hat
And ho pecred III The face 0; bis Lordsnip's
grace.
With satisfied air as II he would Say.
I'VE two are the greatest fellows here to-
day"
A1d this priests with awe.
AS such praDks they saw.
said, the Devil must be in that little
lacEdaw"
The feast was over the board was cleared
The fiaHns and the custurds hau all dis.
apptursu
And elk liltieslnGing boys dear little souls
lu nice clean facss nud nice white stoleS.
CUmv, in order due. two by two.
Marching that grand refractory through!
A nice little 10y held u goiuen ever
Enbusseu anu ililsd with wut or Hs pure
AS any that iiows betaeen khslms and
Namur
Which nice little boy stood ready 10
catch.
In golden basin. made to match.
Two ulce littie boys. father more grown,
Carried lavender water and eau de cologne
Anu nice little boy had nloe Cake OF
comp
Worthy OF us1ing the hands of tho Pope
one liitie boy more "a napkin bore,
or tho best white diaper, fringrd with pink
Ana thruiaalS nat nArkod IN perulaLent
ink
The great Lord Cardinal turns at the sight
or these nice little boys all dressed in
white,
From his iiiIger he draws his costly tur-
quolso.
And not thnkIng.At all about little Jack.
Deposits 1t straight by the side OF his
plate,
While tha nice litt.e boys on Ills Emlnence
walt.
TIL when nobodS's dreaming of any ch
thing
That little Jackdaw hops off with tho ring
| Theresa cry aud II Shout and q deuce of
rOut,
| And nobody seems to know what they're
| ABOUT
But the Monks have their pockets all
turned Inside out.
The ffars are Kneeling aud hunting and
feeling
The earpat, the l.oor, and the walls an d
tho ceiling.
| Tho car!iuul drow OFF each plum colored
| shoe.
| And iolt ht5 rcd stockings exposed to the
| ... Wow;
He peeps and he feels In tho toes and the
| teels.
They turn up the dishes they turn up the
| plates
They take up tho poker, ana poke out the
! CRATES. '.-"
They turu up the rugs. they examine the
mugs,
But no--no snch thing they can't find
| the ring:
And the Abbott declared that when no.
body twlEg'i it
some rascal or other had poppd In and
| prigg'd It,
The Cardinal rose with dlgnlied look.
He calid for his candle. his bell and his
| book,
IT, holy auror and plous grief.
He soemniv cursel that raso,lly thief,
lie cursed him at lard, ho cursed him IN
ted.
From the sols OF his foot to the crown of
his head,
Ho cursed him in sleeping that every
ulght,
He should dream Of tue devil and wake in
lie cursod hlm In eating, he cursed him In
drinking,
lie cursed him In coughing, 10 snaeZ ing
III Walking,
He cursed him in sitting, In standing. In
lying.
u
II, Ing.
He Cursed him In living. he cursed him In
dying,
Never was heard such a terrible curss
| Rut what gave rlss to 10 little SURPRISE,
Nobody seemed one penny the worse.
The day was gone the might cams on.
TIE monks anu tho frIars they searched
Till dawn,
When Inc saoslston saw. on crump led
claw
Come llmplng poor lttlo lame
JBckduH.
No longer gay. as on yesterday,
Ills feathers all seamed to os turned the
wrong way.
Ills pinions dropped, he could hardly
stand,
His head was as bald as the palm of your
hand
His eyea SO dim SO wasted each limb.
That he1dlrss OF grammar. they all cried
that's himi
That's the scamp that has done thIs scan.
dulou5 thing,
fhacs the thlct that has got my Lord
| Cardinals ring.
The poor little Jackdaw, whom the monks
| he saw
Feebly gave ven. to the ghost of a cav
Aud turned hls bald head. as much us to
say
Pray be good as to walk this way!
| Slower and slower hs lilnped OH before,
| Tiil they uame TO tue back OF tho Ueltry
door,
| "D6Te Tue llTbL tlllnR Iuey saw UllllaL Tho
| sticks and the straw
Was the rinx IN the most of tho little
| JackdAwl
Then the great Lord Cardinal called for
| his book
And oil that terrible curse he took,
The mute expresslon served In lieu of
coniesslon
And being thus coupled with fnll restI.
tuition.
Tho JaOk1aw got plenary absoIuton,
| Wnan wDIuB heard. That
little bird,
Was so changed in moment. twas really
absurd.
He grew sleek and fat. In addition to that
fruslI crop OF feathers came thick as Il
mat,
His tai wigg,ed even more than before.
But no longer 1t wagGod With an lmpu-
| dent nf,
No longer he perchel on the Cardinals
chair,
He hopped now about with gait dsvout,
AT Matins, nj Nespers. ls never Was out
Aud so far from any moro plifsriug deeds
| lie always seemed tslliuK tho CuntpssOts
II any one lied. or II any one swore,
Or slumUered In prayer time ami happen.
cd TO enore
That good Jachdaw would give great
cav.
Az much as to say. Don't DO SO any more.
Mhii6 many remarked as nis III nner they
saw,
1hut they never had known such pious
JaGkdaw.
He long lived, the pride OF that country
side.
And al last In the order OF sanctity died
When as words were too faint. his merits
to paint,
The eonciaye determined to make him a
saint,
And on newly made Saints and Popss as
| you know.
Ito the custom at Rome new names to be.
stow
So they canonized him by the name of
| Jim Crow.