The Chanute times., 1901-07-05

therefrom; they pranced around the
stage with motion that suggested a
cross between the dance du ventre
and fox trot, strange creatures
with painted faces and hideous
mien. Effie is spawned, Addie is
stringhalted, and Jessie, the only
one who showed her stockings, has
legs with calves as classic in their
outlines as the curves of broom
handle"
A Zephyr from the West.
We are permitted to publish be-
low poem, written as "a letter, by
former Neosho county boy to his
homefolks. We would commend it
for its genuine poetic expression
and true christian thought:
Dear folks
I wander down through the busy streets,
Where the hurrying crowds rush by,
And long for the sound of a friendly voice
Or the glance of a friendly eye.
There are faces that bear the stamp of greed,
OF passion, and hunger gaunt;
As the jostling throng
Is swept along
By avarice. lust, or want.
Alone, alone in the city,
Where Fortune hath reared her throne,
Where Commerce is king
And Money is god
And the hearts of men re stone.
Where the holy calm of the Sabbath dwells
l enter the open door,
Where the Lord of Peace his temple hath reared
For hearts that are weary and sore.
Aud the priest proclaims the welcome to ALL
'For the love of God is freev'
But the worshipers greet
The waif from the street
With cold formallty
Alone, alone in the city,
| Alone in the house of prayer,
| Where the hearts warm thrill
| Turns silent and chill
| At the breath of the selfish air.
Through pleasant lawns at eventide
stroll when the day is fair.
Where children's prattle and laughter and song
With gladneSs fill the air.
happy are they with kindred and friends
Who ne'er from their loved ones roam;
They never can guess
The loneliness
OF an outcast, far from home.
Alone, alone in the CITY,
Without kindred or home or friends;
For the bliss he sees
His sorrows increase,
AS his desolate way no wends.
stray at night on the great wide docks
Where the white ships come and go,
And trace their paths DER the Deep dark bay,
As their lights move to and fro;
But they glide away DER the misty deep
And are lost in the gathering gloom,
AS dream of delight,
As hope that was bright
Is lost in the days that are gone.
Alone, alone in the city,
| Where the nations of earth pass by;
For my heart can claim no kindred aim,
| No bond of sympathy.
Down the foul, dark streets where Sin hath his
home,
And the lights with Shame are red,
| Where Crime is reared in the dens of Vice,
And Ignorance makes his bed;
l turn away from the wretched place,
And hear as l pass along
Coarse laughter burst
With shrek and a curse,
And a snatch of a ribald song.
Alone, alone in the city,
Where men their honor forget,
And the children of Sin
With hysterical din
Seek to stife a souls regret
1 stand on the heights at the midnight hour,
With the city beneath me spread
And gaze Ger the sleeping town below
BY the lights the street lamps she'd
As they stretch away down the long, long lanes
Like glittering diamonds strewn;
And the wind and rain
Bear my hearts refrain,
For stand on the heights alone.
Alone, alone in the city,
When its thousands have gone to sleep,
And my lonely tread
| Wakes an echo dread
| As pass through the silent street.
wonder if Christ were on earth today
Would he say as once he said,
1.-THE foxes have holes, but the Son of Man
Hath nowhere to lay his headf'
There are palaces built for the worship Of God,
And brotherhood" temples and halls.
But the golden key
OF Charity
Turns the stranger away from their walls.
Alone, alone in the city,
With its selfish philanthropies;
II they have no cheer
For the wandercr
Their creeds are but mockeries.
Ny vigil keep through the long. dark hours,
Till the clouds have rolled from the sky,
And the fair moon looks on forest and stream
And scatters the shadows that lie
On the distant mountains 50 silent and dark,
And the deep, dark. silent sea;
As the shades disperse
From the Universe,
message is borne TO me:
Oh, not alone in the city,
For God is with thee still;
And wherever is he
Is society.
COnsentnens. peace and goodwill.
e. H. wnAS.
Seattle, wash, March IA, 1901.