The Afro-American advance., 1899-11-18
woo,ne= OF MALvlNA MARSH,

i wooiNeZ Or MAlViNA# MARSH
first anybody noticed that Glen Ham
rnond seemed 10 care
Il u-er Miss MaIvina Marsh was a. the Nor
gan County fair;
ua bought# her lemonade that day, and
after they'd got through
A-lookin' at the sights, they ray ne bought
he- supper, too ...
UeI. elem he could afford Y. he'd the
best farm thereabout,
& And money in the bank in town and more
that he'd lent OUT
His wife who'd helped him save It all had
died few years past
And so Malvina was the one to ketch the
prize al last.
4Ciem was close on fifty. she wan hardly
half that oldi
Why. his son Dick was twenty-four. and
laws! how he did scold
And tear around when he found out about
the old mans case;
lie said 1t was shame and called him
crazy TO his facei -,
Aud, that same night. they tell me. Dick
hitched up the old gray mare
And started down to SINNERS eriek-her
folks was livin' therel
but Glenn he only stood around and smiled
when Dick druv out,
And scratched his head a bit, and chased
the guinea hens about.
'Twus purity late when Dick got home; his
paw had went 10 bed;
sThey worked around the farm next day,
and not word WAS said
About MalyiHa TIL along lords miikin
time, and then
Dick couldn't stand 1t, so he brought the
subject up agen:
He went on tellin' how his NAV had helped
his paw to save,
And how she'd always worked as though
she'd been a reg'lar slave!
rTwan't right to go and bring that girl and
set her up in style
On what his mother earned, said Dick
a-frownin' all the while.
hut Glenn had nothin' much to say; Jis'
smiled away at Dick,
And after while hitched up the gray and
druv to SINNERS crickl
And so they took 1t turn about-one night
we'd see the son
And next his paw a-startin' out; twas quite
eNcitin' fun;
And everybody from Calhouu's as fur as
Fosters Fall
S Was bettin' elem would win or else thai
Dick would spoil II all,
a Until one day Malyina and her folks went
in to town
And bought lot of costly stun TO make q
weddin' gown.
Dick he went round a-lookin' down. witt
nothin' much to say.
land all the while his fathers smile go
broader every day;
4The women kissed Malvina and then talked
around and sighed
And said how sad II was she'd got TO be ar
Old mans bride!
They pitied the poor thing and tod how
pale she looked and some
appeared to think she wouldn't hold out fe
the day to come
They feared her heart would break before
the fatal words was said,
And blamed her parents cause they'd le
Clems money turn 'er head
But nothin' startlin' happened till the wed
din night come round.
And then the folks seen somethin that sur
prIsed EN-, I'll be boundi
Fer when we'd all got present and tn,
preacher took his place,
81 elem stood among us with a smile tina
spread all round his face,
And. purity soon, Malviaa, leanin' on th'
arm of Dick,
Come in, and we found out how things hat
went at skiuner's crick!
The preacher got en- safely tied and ther
Dicks laughing paw
Went up and kissed the blushin' bride anC
hugged 'er smilin mawl
# ne NOll me ali abtAt IL dlttE all was Htili
and done,
81 He'd jist a-been a-eourtin' Of Malvina fe
his son,
Il Dick he'd been runnin' after girls his fathei
didn't like
And so tho old man he got mad and though
he'd make a strike!
81 He seen his chance the day he met Malvina
at the fair.
And done some fancy p'ayin' of a deer
game then and therei
They've little girl up yonder. and he
foolish grandpaw he
Declares she's jist exactly like Dick!
mother used TO be,
And when he calls her by the name OF he
that's dead and gone
The tears come in his eyes in spite of all hi
lettin' on
hat he's list laughin'-Clem's a case-h'
RELY is. swan!
IS. Z. Kiser. In Chicago Times-Herald