The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
THE SWEEP OF THE W0MAN'S DRESS.
HAITI L0gam DeaAt

written by a Western comrade. JanuafyI
1897. on hearing Of the death Of General
John A. Logan.)
What? Logan dead? Oh. pshawi 'Taint soi
Black Jack pessed out! Say. pard. -
You can't fool me with yer srsvsvasA
noise.
Fur you see ! was one O. Iogan's boy
1 was one o. the Fifteenth Corps. an psrA,
Though yer eivin' IT to me- straight and
An the look o truth turks In yer eyes.
An yer glance is straight a. the crow bird
flies.
An thar amt no hint Of . lurkin' laugA
Hid back o yer face. SIGH foolish char
Won't take with a tough old cuss - known
The General too burned well to S'pose
That death could easily douss the film
o. SIGH a tough old soldier as him.
A man as strong as q workin' OF.
An q constitution that stood the knocks
OF a four years war. an came out a. touah
As a hickory knot. won't take no blum
AM let death snatch him way from view
Like II could SIGH fellers as me m you
on. no! Sich a story as that. you -. 4
Won't go with no SIGH a cuSe a. me.
Why. pard. look here. on many a neld
har' the very earth jist rocked and reelo1b
An the blaze an smoke. an Internal roae.
An the awful groans. an the plashin' gorA
An the whistlin' ball and The screamif
shell,
SI~l iii line u OuDie>O8II0kX0 MDXL
l I've seed the General. calm an cool
As the quiet face Of a mountain pool,
Yes. right on the field. whar every breath
U the smoke-chOked air seemed to Vhf0R
death,
An ghouls appeared to be stalkfn' 'rooao
With hideous laughs DER the battle RoO
I've seed him ride. an We used tr ~
That death kept dodsin' out o his nay.
Jes' II 'twar skeered. an didn't nave
To tackle a man 50 cool an brave.
An. pard. you may chin. tin the 6nal MON
| When Gabriel toots his arousin' horn.
An I won't believe death has made Q play
| ON Jack In the ordinary way.
It's In the paper? whar 'boutsf Lsee
SEQ
7 hain't no reader. but seems 10 me
! could work it through my onisttersd hsaA
II you pint to the line as says he's dsaA.
An that black border: That must mean
death!
Jest wait q second: these burned or syse
Have got SO weak II the least dust hiso
1t starts the water. Great God: I'm broke
All up at the news! I seem to choke
On the smallest words I try to speak-
It's an age since these oil eyes even sprul
a leak!
An Logan is dead. Say. pard. let's sss-
Theirs Grant an Hancock. Jacksoa 81
Lee,
Some wore the blue ana some vor> u
But they're friends and brothers up thai
today.
An Mcclellan an Custer. an Heed, ~
now
Our Logan. too. has = crown on hi brsus
An though I feel that it's likely to ~
Real wicked to say Il. IL seems to No
With all q that noble band up thar,
That heavens a sittin' moron her shaF.
unpreeeAenteS.
what do you suppose that abourdly CO.,
ceited woman did in church yssesrdayre
well whatT'
"She took OF her new hat"
why did she do thafr"
"She said she was afraid NOBODY woull
pay any attention TO the mtntuear n -
kept 1t on."-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Ancestral Rsvepwa.
Miss Comedown: "6alfe 0WpTDer anuAAma
me awfully last night. mamma"
Mrs. -. "Never mind. Ieabel: ySu en-
have your revenge IN thinking how Woen.
didly your g~randmother would have snubbsl
Sallie's grandmother had she ovur ma h.
Harlem Life.
Appreciates.
Docs cook complain Of my healthy apDe,
tite?"
'Oh. no: she says she would rather eoonf
for six men with big appetiteo thai for
woman without any" -ChicaS Recofd-~
aid.
.'Bees are very intelligent" eommented
the Great Scientist We have reason -
believe they can count as high a. ten"
Yes, indeed" added the Common Person.
'.ani ] have often heard o. the spelling
bee.'-Baltimore American.