The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-14
4 Hook Of nans.,. Prom England.


tn. nrst 10 NV IN" Way RilLads.- by
" sap,c. Jr. ~ = button \ co... tells the
story - n Chins--e cpok who went into
--ryic- with MIR and Mrs Pp>on and prn-
papsi little fido for IA. tahlc. A, tho en-,
of the dinner Mr.. Prison complimen'ed
The cuok and asked him To save fldo some
~ the bones. ~wh-reupon tho cook eI-
plainsd to her whnt had become 70 fdo.
The plot H. not new. nor is It particularly
pheasant. What may h. called the climax
Of the poem runs as follows;
I have of,en Rad IN action % bolts coming from
m. blue.
And the S'uhle a, present must -'nadcdu A,ely do
Nun Long IA stared az his nstreSs, thsn be made
tlS answer grim
-illy doc M more h1onr nv,es justice nov you
eAtcr him
The last two woris are italicized In the
book. and the s,anss ends with an eN-
clamation point. but W. have omitted these
forms IL emphasis. feeling that they were
unnecessary
Tho next ballad. called The toss Of the
Emerald relates that, when the Emerald
Wa sinking. a widowed lady, punc,ilious
in matters Of drarSa. refused To leave her
cabin until rhe had found ard assumed her
lacr rap Al the lat moment she con-
-ented To- come forth on the prumi@c 81 the
captain and the crew that they would not
look az her. II il plain from the conclud-
ing stanzas that the captain broke his
promise The concluding stanya- run:
since you prumi>e me that. III dcla, no rorr,
said MIR uacnAp. A. >he opcrcd IN" door
Hyt the captain . answer SN couchcd In Latin,
For she actually was wearing the missing A,in
With r,ru>Ahlr lrr tA,inn red.
Hc asked what n wts shr 4 GO, On her head.
nut While she was calculating. We'll, | ncveri-
The Emerald sank to The bo'ton forever
II will be seen that tho poet srts more
store by IN. substance Of his narrative
than h. does 10y tho mere form lie tells
a plain story. He gets in tho essential
points. and Is no slave to metre. Therr ar-
heavyweight 81 IN" ballads. We consider
tina, some 81 them are morc Interesting
than others II" ballad Of Achilles and
Elinr- SEEMS To us Ia possess a tu'e English
flavor.
Achilles Green
Wa, jus, nineteen
When ur,' he met Elitrr St,ctle,.
a lovely belle
OF CAmbsrNcll.
Whose n had made = plum by ps lies
She trfu-,I 70 have linn until lie mus
tachc was larger Al II h. prrs"n'-l him
srlf with a mustache of fine proportions
Sh" said tha, vas all right. but that he
now needed To bccome an athlete on IN
wen, 10 augment his charms still further.
Hr ro,ci and 'uwpei.
And ran and bumped
~ p-rSrr much With '~s,s gyrnnsSic.
Pat disappeared
And muscles f-srcd
Their mounds beneath his skin elastic.
II took him -pm" time ~ hong hat she
was able To acquire a new fancy -"
now wanted. not particularly all athletic
y-r-un. but a J-r-on - sanity character.
Her need was Ia marry a minister Achilles
wa a jacob for cnn-,ancy Of matrimonial
purIns' II" bo'hmn a minister But
meantime -ho had decided that her only
way tn D." happy Wa Ia marry n widow"r
Tho faithful Achilles UNDERTOOK this last
test AiaS' It Wa fatal 10 his original pur-
pose. and II wrought woe Ia fl'nr.
For such o., Utc'.
IL found ut, wife
Was. for 4 mak~Sh'r. not 90 dusty.
TlF-r )
crew l~,, and les
To h~ir-Vhlch made her cut up rusty.
she saii be- i been
tu''Ir AMI mean.
And brought a breach ~ prorIse action.
The lIty found
\ Lu1ifri pound
N.out We prnpcr satisfaction.
~ longer b.ile
uf Csu'''r"l.
Fuscr dvc.i, with old "a Sucsics.
Who's plraSnt VA
II IS n sny
Her face reminds hirn NJ his pickles
IT." ballads Iuclud" a Romance -
'Amys,id FAT Tn" Birmingham Ghost
and I'll" Pcnriv" Policeman They are
handsomely printed on heavy paper with
careful and cupious Illustrations