The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-06
TAMPERING WITH TRIFI e
C IN an age long forgotten
THE AMULET.


Once in an age long forgotten
When the years that man counted ala
Till the time Of his dying was distant 'un
From the time when his living besu,
Was SO distant his years were Thousand
As compared with our three score 3n8 -.
Did man WOO the maid Of his fancy ffE
Who lived far away in glen
Where torrent lcaped down from a mo,n,.
And where. DER The torrent that plaved ''n'
Hung rainbow from dawn until darkness
Hung arched DER the home OF the maid
And, an, but he loved the maid truIvI
Had loved her since she was cbilSs
Had met her when only hundred
He found the wee elf running wild.
Just hundred short summers imagined
And when she was sick unto death
lie had dared the deep OF the bogland
Had dared cen the pestilcnt breath
OF the assures where, cracked and asunder
Earth gaped, and her internal fires
Spread mist that hung low in the valleys
A mist that, once breathed man expires
He sought in the slime and the quakings
The haunt where the saurian lies
Young Natures web-footed abortion
With slimedripping jaws, and with eyes
That lidless looked up to the heavens
And whose bulk was as monsrous and vas,
AS the hill where he'd romped in his childhooa
And whose shadow each evening was cast
Dark DER the wide mouth OF the cavern
Where he slept the sweet slumbcr Of YOUTH
But now all Of that lay behind him
Before him the saurians tooth.
For he knew in the brain of the monster
Lay stone which possessed by him then
Would recall to the cheeks OF the maiden
The roses she'd lost once again
And so marched he out to do battle
His weapon a dagger OF jade.
But first to a tusk-carven image
In humility knet he and prayed
Then arose, felt his body all over.
Tried each muscle and sinew at length
Satisfied, he strobe forth i'll his manhood
Clothed only in faith in his strength
Strobe forth to tho lair OF the reptile
Tossed his curls from his forehead and laughed
Now smiled at some fond Renaissance;
Now gripped his jade knife by the bait;
Now leaped DER the stones in his pathway;
Now the thong, holding fast to his wrist
The blade had need of attention
Now thoughts OF red lips he had kissed
BY the bone-caryen image he'd prayed to
BY the strength OF his manhood's delight
Must he fight for the amulet win it
For the maid OF his loving ere night
And So midst the quaking morasses,
He paused by an inky black pool
And sudden spewed forth from earth's vleu.s
Eyes lidless and lank jaws a-drool;
Cpreared came the head OF the monster
Drawn forth by the odor of meat,
And there stood a man stood and Knocked him
What would you' Zen reptiles must eat
And so from the inky morasscs
It's vast loathsome bulk slowly drags.
Now its all but oertaken its quarry
Whose step seems to falter, and agS
Its bulk hath dragged heavy behind it
Along where its quarry hath led
Till the earth where he stops to give battle
Is firm as rock to the tread
The loathsome head stoops for the morsel
Lips livid fangs bared-then a spring ~
And quick the man stabs then ofspringiHs
Sees the monster a-writhe with the sting
Ono eye hath been blinded forever,
And, ere his huge bulk he can turn,
he knife biting deep at its fellow
10 the brain OF the monster doth burn
II was nothing to call for applauding
Merely triumph OF brain over Drawn
Merely love drawing man to its service
As the arrow the howstring hath drawn:
But swift flew he back TO the maiden
The amulet held to his breast,
Once again saw the tide OF life quicken
The cheek where his lips had caresscd
And what could the maid but reward him
And she gave him her hand as you guess
But they didn't live happy forever
Only eight hundred years, more or less
\ New ork German committed suicide bsesn
Idn.t get an opportunity to speak to Prince Hsar
oably wanted 70 ask him "Wiegchts;'
Nyrlc Bellew has just paid $500 for bulldog
wing money TO the dogs with a vengeance
a legess New York man is running for Office, H,
unnng his record
Our Bob Evans couldn't stand the pace PLEASE p
no seltzcr
he kaiser has cablcd his thanks to the Yacht ba
he will doubtless be expected to cable them somer
fife more substantial
he doctors say that the only chance to save ths
donovan Rosa is 10 perform an operation which
We fatal This certainly looks like ODouovan's hu
\ New York lawyer who robbed blind woman sgi
tine the metropolis to effect the sale OF q pump st
invented. Tie has probably got the pump nearly i
is Just looking for a sucker
* 50 s.
A youth tried glass of champagne.
i en he smacked his lips, tried it aEagne
But when he awoke
He found it no Joke.
For his headache rroet drovc him iosarie.