The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-24
TAMPERING WITH TRIF1 q
ON SPECIAL VFNIpr


ON SPECIAL VENIRE.
II you're waking in the morning call me e,.,,
II should fail to be in court the lapse will 60 lear
The lapse cost me dear, dear the apst me dear
dough, "ay cost u
For I'm on jury duty drawn again and 7 49,.
There's many piercing eye, they say but his 81
biz: eye meaned
Full many eyes have looked in mine but none =, al =,
But all like his, you know have ever a IKE hi
As he hath hurled this mandate forth: "Tomo.aeu N min
nine " morn
At night toll till sleep comes down--slcepl be,,n
dope 'y as frof
And morning brings cheer to me- it brine, -.
But must rise and deve away in early morr;ru,. :,
With thought divided twixt my work and tvyt ~ nns
nine; e nour \
For have learned-aye to my cost that no m,r
The wight who fails to answer Herep must paw g..
contempt wi Mci
And yet recognize the bluff--the thing that /.
He'll say, You excused for now but You'll n 10
at two Oe oatk
Aye, that will come back at two so strong do, /.
That like senseless pendulum I'm swinging % -,
swing from nine to two, and back from two again =.
From nine to two from two TO nineah, untold !, I
There was time, glorious time! time scare ~.
When night came laden with content and mornirr :,
the same
A time when life flowed clear and smooth ne'er hi N
the shock
OF hearing those cold accents say Excused til MIN.
know somewhere in this wide world some heart, wi,
are light;
Some paths bordercd deep with blooms for som, :.
sun shines bright,
But aye for the skies dark no moon no star N
shine;
And in my restless sleep hear: BE back again a ,,,
Time when my lifes cup full from nphtfall -,
had home and loved dear; ere ever was draw
laughcd-"Mc jpryman!"-I laughed again in gIee
That laugh speeds ,far into the past now moan a
me"
kissed my wife and babe good by one Monday morn at D
Waved them 'by-by' and farewell and saw their fod
eyes shine
Since then my life hideous dream, wander to and fro
At nine ambe down to court again go;
week of this, and then alas. lost my steady job
This waved one farewell. bitter, choking soh
Weled up into throat at thought Of what meant to ii
Ere | began to oscllate betwixt the nine and two
Now deep despair doth fold me close and now mpot,ul
Deprived of place to barter toll for comforbringng v,
First came the mortgage my homc--t went as sud
things do
And still walk the dreary round betwix the nine and two
Betwxt the nine and two I've lost my loved ones home nd
And all this dreary time never get to serve
If one might get to and the price OF just
All there cen be rest for when dust goes down
dust
Still at the courts behes go at ana exc ninel
To dsobey the mandate grim doth contempt and 6H
So, if you're waking early call me early, for fear
That should fail to be time the lapse may me ST
The lapse may cost dear indeed and while the skies
blue
I'm doomed to ambc back and forth between the nine
two
And when die my wrath shall come, in flowing garner
clad,
And make of this Observation-Disclosures long, cter
lad.
In Jersey City burglar broke into house where thE
was Of smallpox and now he is being kept rgl
guaranteed where he broke in until there shall be no do
ger of hi, breaking
A New Jersey has committed suicide because
disappointed in love. If he could send wireless md
sage from his present place of business the world Won
doubtless learn that he is disappointed III death
y who Long Island farm has mann
her hired and he will doubtless have climb dos
from the fence and go to work
The best thing General Miles do is to learn the "a
and dumb alphabet and then it except in the Dan
by doing this and keeping his mouth shut it is thought
can avoid talking too much i
Since seeing how soldiers have exceled him m
Philippines it is said Butcher Weyer regrets the lack
West Point education keenly.
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Now meats gone up
That door pup