Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-03-27

Then she 'spied the handsome stranger,
Drew anear his bed of pain;
Blue eyes showed some admiration
Black eyes answering the same.
Took she then from her portmanteau
Tracts which she essayed to read,
Though his falcon eyes were on her,
To her words he gave no heed.
Feeling this the maid desisted
Filled with curiosity,
"Whence and wherefore came he hither?'
Ever nOn-cOmmittal he.
Came again the little maiden
On her Cody mission bent,
Paused she mute before the stranger
Hoping he would yet relent.
For she felt he was Indifferent
To the word of the Divine,
And she burst not then approach him
With the passages sublime.
But the patient mutely mOtiOned
To vacant chair anear,
And the maid obedient took it,
And inclined a listening ear.
Soon he gave her the impression
He was of a warrior band
While his fierce eye would confirm it,
And his voice prone to command.
Subtly did his words imply it,
His romance supplied part,
Posed him as conquering hero,
And the story reached her heart.
He, the knight, whose glance so 1ercely
Quells the ever shifting eye,
And whose tones, deep, commanding,
Renders dumb the tongue SO sly.
Many times the maiden saw him,
And his hour did thus beguile,
With her voice of ripping music,
And the sunlight of her smile.
Then he feasted on her beauty,
And drank in her CHEEKY words,
But his eye surcharged with fierceness
Oft the little maid disturbs.
And his tones so low, entreating,
Caused her pulse to strangely thrill.
Fain the maid would have departed.
But the serpent charmed her still.
Thus, from stage to stage it passes,
When the maiden came once more;
Found her chieftain had departed
Flown to some cOngenial shore.
In her eye there lay a shadow,
And her heart is sore distressed,
Honest maiden yet benighted
Hugs the serpent to her breast.
She who reigns like fairy princess
In her own ancestral halls
And has rich and titled suitors,
One unknown her heart enthralls.
Soon with maid and coachman speeding
Ger the broad and handsome drive
Leading to the stately mansion
Where at last they did arrive,
Quoth the maiden, heavy hearted,
"Woe betide my charity,
Faith and Hope have both departed,
In their stead, Adversely"
Sought she then her lonely chamber.
There she found a Valentine
Twin hearts pinned on shaft of Cupid,
Sighed the maiden, Gone is mine!''
Leaning on his bow is Cupid
Smiling at the mischief done,
But the mischief, to your sorrow,
Little maid, is just begun.
Cores billet dOux with Cupid,
Well your lover knows his poweL;
And essays your Halls to enter,
Even designates the hour.
Woe to you when one blest spirit,
Vaulted to its native skies,
Scarce your mother had caressed you
Fer she hastes to Paradise.
Clad in robe of ruby velvet,
Snug it fits her form SO fair
Diamond diadem and collar,
Diamond bandeau binds her hair.
Quoth her maid in trepidation,
"Wheretore wear 80 many gems?"
But the lavish little lady
Such impertinence contemns.
She desires to show the stranger
Her colossal worth, I ween.
Fails she not in this endeaver,
As ia subsequently seen.
Hist! The bell! A shock electric
Permeates the fair young thug,
At the hannister she listens,
| For Voice with well-known ring.
Quick she joins him in the parlor,
Strides he forth with courtly grace.
| How his dark eye her encompas6ed,
/ And glow suffused her face.
Shapely head ii knightly fashion
Bowed DER tinted finger tips,
Calamity he raised the fingers
70 his darkly mustaehed lips.
Brilliantly she touched the Stcinway
| In response to his desire,
Lent her voice whose thrilling timbre,
His bold presence did inspire, u
Sought the blue eyes large and dewy,
Those black eyes with looks intent,
As she, blushing, thanked him sweetly