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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12
Cleveland Declines

Washington, ID. c.. Special.-Ex-
President Cleveland has declined the
Presidents appointment as n member
OF the international b ard OF arbit a
ton under the Hague treaty. Ex-Presi-
dent Harrison has accepted the ap-
pointment.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12
Approaching State Fair.

II Is now not quite two months until
the State Fair OF 1900 will have come.
Every effort possible is being exerted
TO make the 32d annual fair of pecu-
lar in crest and Il success in every way.
The society will pay the freight on all
exhibits inside the State when shipped
released" Only two counties so far
have given notice that they will have
county displays. The premiums for
the displays are worth contcS ing for.
On page 23 of the premium lit full in
formation is given. The premiums foI
.tock have been greatly Increased over
previous fairs and it would he we'll for
all who are in Il position TO become
exhibitions 10 send for a copy OF the
premium list. The various railroads
nave been aSked for the same rates OF
passage as were in force for the last
tair. The propos d improvements on
the grounds of The society will add
Sreitly to the comfort and convenience
Jf exhibitors and OF visitors. The race
)urses at the coming meet amounts TO
e2.5OO-$l GOO more than heretofore
This Will be an inducement for first
class horses to contend for the purses
offered. The Columbia fair commit
tee has organized and is at work in
the furtherance of u successful fair.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12
Address ID. j. HOLCOMBE.
Chairmun, Danville, Va.

II must he admitted that the ..sn;r,.
N"'S' mon stand their trials and
IT, Limitations with great cquanimity.
IN" spirit Of mar:yrdom has descend.
cd upon them.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12

oI"opiNG Gar Sorvico.
excellent daily passenger service between
Florida and New York
Nos. 30 and Jt-New York and Florid., Ex.
pres. Drawing room sleeping cars l-t,vecu
Augusta and New York
fullmhn drawing room SlcepinC cars be,-
tween Port Tampa. IacksonvIhc S.tnnn,I
Washington mud New York
FHIlinan sleeping cars hctwccu Charlotte ana
richmond. Dining cars between Charlotte
aud Savannah.
Nos 30 and 81 T. & Fast Mnil Through
Eullman draw ing room buffet ,lccpin clrs he
tween 'Iackson7illc aud NCw York and Pun.
man sleeping cars between Augusta and Char.
!ottc. Dining rars sorve all meals curouts
Pullman S.ccping cars between Jacksonville
and columbia. cnroute daily between jackson.
vile and Cincinnati. via Ashcvillo.
FRANK :. CANNON. .CTrTp
Third Y + & Gen. MIR, Tr,Il| Hpr
Washington. ID &. Wnshinrto,, 1) {,
w "A TURK :. II. HARDWICK
NSii IaSS AZ T.. Asst Gcn. Pass. Ag't
Washington. ID. <. Atlanta as
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12
New York Pace Rints

New York, Special Former Police
commissioner Frank Moss. on benalf
ofthe recently organized Citizens p o.
tectlve League. preferred charges
against Chief OF Police Dcvery. Inspec-
tor Thompson and Acting Captain
Cooney. Of the West Thirty-saventh
street station. He accuses them OF bIu-
tality. negl5 It OF duty and incompe.
tency in their method treating tna -.
cent race riots in the west side
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12

hest BrlGht Fillers. 80 lbs ...... ....... 2OlCO
Finest Wrappers. so lbs ......... 30 90
Special reduced rates on ali railroads
No quantity less than that mention
ei will be accepted for the contest
No charge mad for entries.
Farmers can send their sample. iii
rect to any member OF the committc.
who will take great pleasure i'm 10 King
after them and seeing that they are
properly cXh. bitcd and 20 look ar,rr
selling Of same and turn the proceeds
over to the owners OF the different sam
pies.
Address ID. j. HOLCOMBE.
Chnirrnun nnn..n-
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12
BIG EXPOSITION.

The city OF DanSllc will hoid a
Street Fair and Carnival October lst q
9th. 1900. under the auspices OF Dan
willie Lodge of Elks. ii is proposed It.
have tobacco exhibit in connection
with the street fair. and 20 that end
the following premiums on tobacco ar
offered. The premiums are offered cX
clusivcly 10 tobacco growers of section
enumerated.
! All farmers are rcQue ted TO $ nd
thoir samples and compete for the d T.
fercnt premiums. and come and bring
their families. \ good time is prom
Used them all.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12
SleepinG Car Service.

Irhlnt % and u tmiNcd cNccpt oundny ,
arrive and depart from Hamburg.
tDaily cNCUpt Sunday
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12

Wide open eyes are Indicative OF
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
BY THE GOVERNOR Of NORTH DAKOTA.
A PROCLAnATION.
H~zkEour1vn. OFFICE.

assembly Of the state Of North Dakota, an.
proved February 21st, 1899, entitled IAN act to
amend chapter ia. session laws Of 1897, en-.
Revised Codes Of North Dakota relating to ac.
counts for printing and binding required by
state officers and making an annual appropria-
Revised Codes Of 1895 and The publication Of an
edltlon to be known as the Revised Codes Of
Whereas. Sections 8 and 1 Of said art ,u-
thorize said revision to be conducted under
the supervision of the secretary of state and
define his duties and powers in connection
Whereas, Section S of said act reads as fol-
shall be completed and. the books delivered to
the secretary OF state. the governor shall issue a
days thereafter said Revised Codes shall be IN
full force and effect and be received as evidence
OF the law OF this state in all the courts thereof,
Whereas. It has been certified to me by the
secretary 81 state that there have been deliv.
ered to him as said secretary Of state the
pi NeS T 4sis%ss q T. pEEo f 8. Fsa BY said s ass; .,
North Dakota, by virtue Of the power In me
vested by law do hereby make known and pro-
p!eted and the books delivered to the secretary
OF state aGreeably to the provisions OF said act
and that thirty days from and after the date
OF this proclamation the said
REVISED CODES OF 1899
shall be in full force and effect and be received
as evidence ct the laws of this state in all
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto get
my hand and caused the great seal Of the state
OF North Dakota to be affixed. Done at the
capitol in the city Of Bismarck. this first day of
March a. D: 1900 and of the Independence of
fifth. "oA
Seal F. B. FANCHER,
ny ne M0vsrnpr; ~ Governor.
Secretary Of State.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16

William Dwyer of Medina, who was
in the city Monday reports settlers
coming into that section in large num-
bers. Mr.. Dwyer is agent for the sale
of large quantities. of land through that
section and reports that his sales have
been larger than ever. Recently he
contaminated the sale of some 10000
acres of land in one transaction. THE
immigration to the central and west
ern section of the state this year will
be larger than ever BEFORE he said.
I'VE are laying the foundation for a
new state bank at Medina and the
country about it is building up right
along.
Several settlers who will take up
land along the Washburn road have
arrived in the city, and are awaiting
favorable weather to take. their be-
longings out and settle on their claims.
A large party is expected to reach the
city about Saturday of this week. There
will be fifty carloads of goods and live
stock. w. P. Macomber, agent for the
road, has rented one or two large va
cant buildings for the storage Of their
goods and is arranging for temporary
accommodation for the live stock.
Several apartments and houses about
the city have been rented for the use
of the families of the settlers until
they can begin work upon their lands.
The magnitude of the immigration
movement this spring is we'll illus
trated by some figures furnished by
Assistant General Passenger Agent r.
B. Lynch, of the Great Northern.
ION March H." said Mr.. Lynch, I'VE
will carry between two and three hun
dred farmers from Iowa and Nebraska
with about 12O cars of freight; on the
10th we shall have 1900 from Iowa,
Kansas and Missouri, with about 200
cars of freight, and on the 18th, be-
tween two and three thousand farm
ers from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West
Virginia with about 3OU cars of freight.
All of these people will settle along our
line in North Dakota"
Mr.. Lynch has prepared thousands of
little printed badges to pin on the
breasts of the emigrants destined for
his road.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
ALBERTsON SHOT.

G. H. Albertson was shot in the foot
and painfully wounded Saturday even
Ing at about 6 o'clock. The shooting
occurred in J. T. McDonald's place
and was done by a young fellow from
the reservation named Jean Lapelle, or
as some call him, Smith. He was
f%lourishing a 45-calibre revolver and
swapping the trigger, when Albertson
told him he would better pu up the gun,
and started toward him. AS he raised
his foot to step forward, the man with
the gun snapped the revolver again
and this time it exploded, the ball n
tering Albertson's foot between the
first and second toes, passing through
the foot and coming. out near the heel.
Lapelle took to the woods when he
saw what he had done and was taken
in tow later by Policeman Hubert and
landed in jail. DR.. Quain was called
to dress the wound, and Albertson was
taken home. The wound. is a painful
one and may prove serious.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
'KOPlEN'S FUNERAL.
Residents Of the City Pay Impressive
Tribute to the Memory Of Adolph
Koplea.
Largest Attended Funeral Services at
the Presbyterian Church Seen
in the City.
c. H. Albertson Shot and Painfully
Wounded in the Foot BY Re-
volver Ball.

An impressive and beautiful tribute
was paid by the citizens of the city
Sunday afternoon to the memory of
Adolph Koplen, a member of Company
"A who was drowned in the Pasig
river near Manila, and whose body
was brought to the city for interment.
Inc funeral ceremonies were in charge
OF Company A, and were conducted
with simplicity, and yet were marked
with a tender regard for the lost com
rade. The body was taken from
Webb's undertaking establishment at
= O'Clock, escorted by the members of
the company, the band and the men,
oers OF the G. A. R., who participated
IN the procession to the church and at
tended n ceremonies in a body. The
casket was born into the church by
sergeant Sperry, Corporal Patzman
II Privates Berg, Wilson, Sullivan
and Kelly, who were the pail bearers.
V beautiful hymns we're rendered
by the choir. Rev. Anderson read a
scriptural lesson, Rev. Guernsey Of
Tered prayer and Rev. Durrie made a
brief and appropriate funeral address.
captain Moffet was called upon and
maze a Drlef address, telling of the in
cidents of the former funeral ceremony
at Battery Knoll cemetery, the mill
tary cemetery near Manila.
The church was crowded to the
doors, and the crowd without seemed
as large as that within. The building
was too small to accommodate all who
wished to pay their tribute of respect
to the deceased soldier. Far out upon
the sidewalk the crowd extended, and
waited during the ceremonies.
After the completion Of the cere-
monies, the body was taken to Fair
view cemetery, where it was inferred.
Brief prayer at the grave, three volleys
ny n firing squad under Corporal
Froemig, in whose squad the deceased
soldier served while on duty, and taps.
blown by Bugler Pettee, and the re-
mains Of the dead boy were laid to
rest.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
THE CITY ELECTION
City Council Issues the Call for the
Forthcoming City Election,
Monday, April 2.
immigration to the Western Part Of
the State Promises to be
Unprecedented.
Various Items Of General and Local
Interest In and About
the City
CITY ELECTION.

CITY ELECTION.
The city council met Monday at
the city hall and issued the official call
for the forthcoming city election to
be held Monday, April 9. The cleo
tion will be for the selection of a
mayor, and full list of city officials for
the ensuing year. The official notice
of the elec.lon appears elsewhere.
In the First ward the polling place
will be at the tailor shop on the north
side of Broadway, between Second and
Third streets. Judges, ]. F. Philbrick,
M. j. O'Connor and A. M. Mason.
Second w~ard-polling place at engine
house. Judges, John Hubert, Paul
Nicholson, George Mcdonald.
Third ward-polling place at Ed
Smith building, Seventh and Broad
way. Judges, G. D. Edick, w. T. Per-
kins, NJ. H. Weeks.
Fourth. ward-polling place a& Rob-
idou's blacksmith shop. Judges, Pat
McCue, John Williams, w. H. Sander
son. (
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
Thet sometime I'd jes' get up spunk
no tell We after While!"

TAPS.
Lights out! and darkness brooding
deep around
Thee. soldier; not the trembling
bugle's sound
Nor volley thrice repeated DER the
mound
Shall waken thee.
Lights out! Not where the flag of
battle flies,
Nor here. where the sad, silent shadow
lies,
Shall drumbeat call or bugle bid thee
rise,
But silently,
Thy duty done, thou ~sleepest. Rest
thee well,
Nor any rude alarm shall strike and
To rouse thee-Glory stands, thy SEN
tinel,
Good night to thee!
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTIONS.
One at Fargo June Sixth, and One at
Grand Forks July Nine
teenth.
The Republican Plan of Apportionment
Adopted by the State Com
mittee.

Fargo, March S.-The democratic
state committee has arranged to hold
convention to elect delegates to Kan
sas City at Fargo, June 6, and the con-
vention to nominate state officers at
Grand Forks, July 10. The apportion-
ment will be two delegates for each
county and n for each fifty or major
fraction of the vote cast for Bryan.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
GENIUS

oI3NAO0 QtCW kAfLDEU.
"Speakin' o. singin' y ought t. heard
Jim,
These opery chaps want int with him.
Why say! I've heerd him strike a
note,
N swell his chest n clear his throat,
B'gosh, v could hear every blessed
word,
Firm Bleeker's Pond to Hunker's Ford,
A mile n a half, too, good an tall.
An never strain hisself at all.
At church when the was singin'
hymns
Ye couldn't hear no voice but Jim's.
He'd draw his voice in, this a way,
An let her out again, an say,
If it want jes' like a circus band.
Why, say! a many a time I'd stand,
Down t. tn village store, a mile away.
An hear it AL as plain as day.
I've heerd good singers, heerd EN- all.
I've sit IN tn back end o. tn hall
IN their notes was faint-sweet like.
o'course,
But tn never had tn power an force
1T Jim could swing, n I allow
The's few like him. He amt here
now,
He's got a place where his gifts is
knowed,
An calm trains for tn Central road.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
IN THE MORNING.

IN THE MORNING.
Don't speak to me! Don't speak to
Don't! I won't hear a word you say!
Half past eleven?' 1t was three!
Important work?' You had to stay?'
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! There! Thatll do!
No more lies please! Oh, you vile
thing,
Don't say you re sorry! Tisn't true!
That you should ever dare to bring
That nasty, tipsy Smithers here
To sleep in the spare bed! There,
The sot! What's that? Twas only
Oh, weren't you a pretty pair!
Oh, yes! l heard you at the door,
When you asked him to stop and see
If he could hear the old girl snore',
A pretty way to speak of me!
Perfectly sober?' Oh, perfectly!
Do you know what you tried to use
To open the night latch?> The key?
No-but you did try two corkscrews!
I found them in the keyhole! What?
It's ne such thing?' Well, here's the
Yours, aren't they? You say they're
not?
Well, here's your name engraved
right there!
You brute! And then you crawled in
side
Through, the bow-window, both Of you.
Yes you did, now! I heard you slide
The window up and both step through!
DO you know where you left your hat?
I thought not! Well, you go and see!
You'll find it minus rim and fat
Stuck in my oleander tree!
Who turned the flower pot upside
down
And sat on it? Was that you, too?
What's that? You guess you'll 70
down town.
I guess you won't till I get through!
You saw a lovely Easter hat?'
Where? Stacy's? Oh, that Paris one!
For t%wenty-six? You'll get me that?
Oh, Jack! That's just too nice! And,
John,
I was too angry. I'm afraid,
I didn't mean to be severe,
It's all that Smithers fault! He made
You do 1t, Jack. didn't he, dear?"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
The
PinkhhaI,1


For disorders Of the
feminine organs have
gained thoki' gy,oaf ranown
ana enormous 8alo be-
cause Of tho permanent
good they have done and
arc doing far tho women
at dis country.
II aW akxxng or suffer-
Ing women could 10 made
70 understand how ab-
s0lufely fruo are the
statements about Lydia e.
Vegetable
Compound their suffer-
hngs would end.
Mrs. Rknkksan, oounsels
women free Of charge.
Her address Is lynn,
Mass. The advice she
IL practical and
honest. You oan wrIfo.
freely 10 hef;s she Is q wo-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
UNFIT.

Were I to 60 to some far distant spot.
Where Love was everywhere and Hate
was not,
Where every tongue spake Truth.
where Kindness reigned
And naught save but by Honesty was
gained,
Where Happiness enthroned in every
heart,
And Anger stood, a scorned thing,
apart
With Grief, and botn shut out; where
Pain was dull
And each succeeding Joy more beau
tiful
Than each that slipped away; I say
were I
To be transported where no sob or
sigh
Fer entered into life, but all was good
And endless ecstacy, beatitude,
I'D feel like moving of at a swift pace
From there-because I'd feel so out Of
place.
ON THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE.
The smiling face Of childhood in a
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
PROHIBITION AND SETTLERS

jamestown Alert: Tom Hall of the
Fargo Argus was in the city today en-
route to Darlington. He came in this
morning from Bismarck and Mandan
ana reports that prohibition prohibits
ln-tnose towns now. New settlers
are arriving In Bismarck in great num-
Ders on their way to Mclean county.
and are building houses on their
claims. 1920
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
ALL THAT GLITTERS is NOT
GOLD.

- Al4k0 ID ANO j
GOLD.
9TH cutest iii rat,
With a big straw hat,
Smilin' sassy like t. me!
Holdin' of his hands
Benin his back he stands,
Got suthin' ct he don want me t. see!
Standin' there, b. gee,
Jes' cute az ne kin be,
Allus did lake iii kids, n he
Is a picter as he stands,
Holdin' in his iii hands,
Suthin ct he don't want me to see!
I'd like t. stop an pat
His head-th' iii rat,
But l mus be movin' on-K' splosh!
Wal! TIL tarnal I'll rat!
Eff he didn't smash my hat
With a big rotten apple, b. gosh!
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
PROSPERITY ON THE STOCK
RANGE9

AS high as y cents per pound has
been offered to sheep men for this sea-
clip of wool. Stock cattle are
quoted as follows: 3-year-olds, $45 to
500; ~2-year-olds, s37. so to $40; year
!1ngs, $50 to $2S. and calves $15. Prices
have never before reached these figures
n the stockmen are jubilant.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
'NOUGH FOR ME.

Sometimes 1 think I'll thrash him,
good,
He needs it bad, I'm sure,
An sometimes-well, 1 b'lieve 1 would
N then I can't endure
T. tech tn muslin little kid,
For when he smiles, " see,
He looks jes' like his mother did
An'that's enough for me.
I guess a hundred times or more
I've taken nim inside
TIL bedroom there, an closed tn door
An tried m tried an tried
T. bring myself to strike him, onct,
Jes' onct-an' then I see
His mothers smile on his wet face
An that's enough for me.
First thing I know I'm sittin' there
Pettin' tn little chap,
An strokin' of his curly hair,
Holdin' him in my lap,
An dreamin' of her-seein' her
Jes' as she used to be,
An somethin' makes my eyes t. blur
An me cry silently.
He's got the same brown eyes she had
An the same silky hair,
Looks so like her, tn little lad,
we'll, l JeS QOn' dare
To lay a finger rough on him
I'd almos' seem as though
I was a. bein' harsh to her
An SO I let him go.
He amt a bad boy-no, he amt.
Jes' mischievous, that's all
In all his makeup, tn amt a faint
u meanness-an' I call
T. mind when things she used to do
Exactly like he does,
l thought vas jes' tn cutest an
TIL dearest ever was.
Y know sometimes he'll come t. me
An say to me: Say, Dad,
Y amt goin' t. whip me, now, are We.
l amt been very pad"
An then he'll twist, an sort o. smile,
My eyes get blurred an dim,
Tn amt enough gold in tn world
T. hire me- t. tech him.
Folks say I'm spoilin' him-may be
I am, but I don't dare
10 tech him rough-he looks like she
Did, an sc I don't care.
He puts his little arms aroun'
My neck, an I can see
Her in his eyes, so big an brown.
An that's enough for me-"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
ERSEVERANCE

says ne TO me, says he, n night,
A shiverin' with mortal fright,
An twistin' of his handkerchief,
A trenholm, shakin' like a leaf,
Says he to me, says he:
Maria, sort O. halted then,
An coughed, an then began again,
Maria, I've got somethin' here
That for as much as 'leven year
I've tried t. say t. ye."
My! My! My heart jes' beat an beat,
When he come up an took his seat
Right mex t. me an took my hand,
An when he squeezed it-Oh. my lani!
l was jes' all unstrung.
So then / says to him, says I
To him says 1: what is it Si?"
An I jes' set an set an set
An sort o. fearful like, an vet
So glad he'd found his tongue.
An then he says to me, says he,.
A. sort O. sof' an tremblin'ly
"Maria"-an' I set an set,
A wonderin' if he'd never GET
Aroun' t. any more.
N then l says to him, says I
To him, I says: "Wnat is it, 81?
l b'lieve you were adCressin' me?"
An ST he set there silently,
AS bad off rs before.
An then I says u him, says I.
"a lovely evenln', amt it 81?
Jes' seems to sort o. lift We 'bove
Y'erself an make We think o. love-"
My! I was gettin' bold!
An ST, he got so mortal 'fraid,
I thought he'd run, but, no., he staid,
An then he says: my hens they lay
Nigh fifteen dozen eggs today"
An that was all he told.
My! My! My blood run hot an cold,
T. think that he could sit an hold,
My hand, an be so mortal 'fraid
He'd talk bout eggs his hens had laid.
So then I says, says L:
IF that is what we've tried to tell
For 'leven years, we've told it WE'LL"
An 81, he says: "How could We say
That when them eggs only today
Was laid. 'Taint that" says 81.
So there we set an set an set
Till / jes' got so desperate
My nerves was all a. flutterin'
To see him set a. stutterin'
An me in sech suspense.
An then I says to him, says I
WAS it somethin' about me, Si?"
An he said: "Yep!-I wonder how
That e%verlastin', brindle COW
Broke through my pasture fence?"
An then I says, an sort o. slow:
Isl was that 'leven years ago,
An hev We been SO mortal 'fraid
To tell me that before?" I said
Somewhat sarcastic'ly.
An 81, he says: "Why course it wa mt,
I jes' CHANGED to be thinkin' ont,
An wonderin' how that critter got
Through that fence, when them posts
was sOtr \
So tarnal Deep" says he.
My goodness me! I never see
A man need help SO much as he,
But I KEEP patient, an says I:
lis it somethin' ye're wantin', Si?"
An he says: yep. It bel"
I knew my chance was mighty slim
II I sh'd set an wait for him,
An so I jes' cast all aside
My nat'ral modesty an pride,
An says: Isl, was it me?"
Well. say! If ye could see 81 throw
His arms bout me! How did ye
know"
Says he. An then he says to me
Oh, jes' as sweet an lovin'ly,
With sech q happy smile:
Maria, jes' as sure as fate
I knew that IL I'd only wait,
No odds how many times I'd funk,