The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-24
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THE PROPOSAL


Jim don't yeh remember tn niyb, ,..
Tn words yeh had waited so lone g.. yen uttered
How speech was stampeded tn ysv '. !" sys
Would a-driven tenderfoot fur e. 'ea sputtud
Til smell o tn prairies came creen;n, "vi
With entertainments at only Lover -. so "A "
And softly the murmur of voices Cam. !. -1os,
From tn gang down til track haneiu' ps.
we had danced an had sot an had talked = H.
An strangely my heart by tn music "su o. u NJ
Till muscs own soul seemed to bind :. '''fied
All, Whisky Nose Dan he could i. 'sanef.
But the gang all around left no cbars. nN MT
TIL words that yer heart to my hear, Il, y y ssH
Till TIL boys with OF Whisky Nose D,a ,,pered
Danced away down tn track ter han q. spia1s.
lhen yen 'aikeu Oh IN roundup, an brand;r, n,
While vibrant the chords of my hear ~. q ID
An thought all yer senses had gone fs- y. "''e s
"hen yen SAID Them there cross-arms bs,.
hangin'' ''' 0ea' teu q
Then til laughter an cheers, an IN u,.;.
Now strident an loud, an now murm,. ssn =, nt
An longed how onged for III ol, a.. wv
With tn gang down tn track hangip Pr. .'sa pa
But at last they were spoken; all timd an ,....,.
lay in your arms palpitatin'y sweet 'u
An said-ah, saidy"Yeh darn fool web hin Az,
But our hearts an our souls with our lips see.S r
n
The night an tn anthem tn breeze wb;.....,,
III remember the night an TIL music fores,. WI
An TIL gang down TIL track hancin' p;n.s...y,,
An exchange says Don Carlos will abd;.... 3
his son, Don jaime" What in the world viii \. ~
abdicate-a paper throne? Ha
The natives in Cape Colony are said II i. !. !
cases of bubonc plague. Are there no laws as,,s !.
concealed weapons?
The Beers got close enough TO Kitcbsr.. !. 81. |
baggage and the doughty Sirdar will have i s.'
Tor another mighty.
Regrets out of order, and when chin.y -.
is invited to commit suicide the incident NAV i, 49,
as closed.
Thomas A. Edison is at work on an invention b, a
production of entire opera 1t is to be hoped ~
of the operas have this season will oscar. ~
ton.
Now we've listened thro' the ages
To the constant rataplan
OF the coming woman's footsteps;
What about the coming mani
What will be his disposition?
What the he's apt to takei
Will he give disquisition
On the art OF how to bake!
Will he give conversation
On the heights he hopes to reachl
Will he head off Carrie Nationi
If he does he'll be a peschl
WV
The park board of Chicago has decided to tear dsn
toboggan slide. There is no particular reason Wy
shouldn't have little fun; the young folks his, Yea
ing down it all winter
No more the gambler CANDLES on the green;
No more he rolls the bones to and fro;
No more his brow looks lofty and serene;
The fiat hath gone forth that he mus go,
No more the tout doth the sucker in;
No more the copper basketh in the sun
And gets between the reuben and his TIM
His day is past and gone; his game is dn
They gather on the corner, fat and lean,
The big man with the whiskers suks shna
All life no more is what it might have BEEN
The halcyonc days of sport have fown!
And SO they gnaw their nails and kick men ''A
In dull disquietude do scan the skies
No one may know the thrill the Outcas tees
But crap is dead thanks be! Go hit the ia
Mrs Nation and Pat Grove now take their Fss
the next stage will be oratorical and then they WI
generated to the level OF the przehghter
| There was young man very orssh
Who talked to his girl rather rasn;
| "You are sweeter to me-
Said this young man, said he
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