The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-10-07

NIT A WEED ON HIS HAT CSD A SOLEMN
I come in here long ago. You may go
ahead und gif me some poetry"
Und I look at her a minute und' say:
i"Her eyes were like dot sky Of plue,
Und golden vhas her hair;
Her form has like a willow tree,
Und, >oh, her face vhas fair!
"Her teeth vhas winter dan der snow,
Her smile as soft as summer,
Und eafery man who looks at her
Declares she vhas a hummer"
"vhas dot me?" size asks as. she looks
around for a looking glass und tries to
blush like a girl.
at vhas, fair lady," I says.
"Vhell, I hat six more shoes to fix
COP, und you shall hat all my work. 1t
vhas der best poetry I haf heard in
twenty years, und I vhas quite proud
Of myself"
Der next vhas a man who vhas old
und stiff in der knees und has gray
hair, und be groans when he sits down.
He WANTS a lift on his heel, und he
looks at me und says:
"Vhell, cobbler, II you hat some po-
etry on hand you can shoot her of. l
tell you beforehand, though, I don't
pay any extra for her. It vhas Is cents
for dis shoe und no more"
I Was all ready for him, und I say:
'.He vhas a man 10 der prime of life,
In der prime Of life vhas he,
Und der widows smile ash he goes by,
Und like for his wife to be.
"He Was a man who Will love again,
Und married again he'll be,
Und der widow vhas rich ash Vanderbilt
Cnd waiting at home for he"
When I speak dot poetry dot man
looks at me Cor a minute und den says:
"Cobbler, I pellet you vhas a fool in
stead Of a poet, but I hat changed my
mind. No flies vbas on you. I said it
vhas feefteen cents und no more for
der shoe, but you can make it a quar-
ter, und I bring you in some more work
tomorrow. Of course some rich widow
yhas waiting for me. OF course"
Dot third customer vhas a house
work girl nit a turned up nose und a
freckled face, und she brings in q pair
.of shoes to be fixed und bushes und
.giggles. Ply und py she says:
"Vhell, do I get some poetry too?
"Of course" I says, und I lays down
my hammer und looks at her und says:
eff ] vhas young und free again
: Und looking for a wife
+. TO keep my house und make me proud
Und go NIT me through life,
y 'I'd seek a daisy shust like you.
A pansy blossom rare.
4 girl nit sooch Il form und face
Dot other girls must swear"
"Do you mean dot. cobbler?' she asks
me ash she shakes out her dress und
smooths down her hair.
"Of course"
"vhell, dot pleases me, und If der
grocery boy likes me to go to anodder
dance NIT him he vhas thrown down.
! look for some shentlemans after dis,
und tomorrow I shall bring in a whole
basket Of shoes to be fixed oop."
Der fourth customer yhas a man
NIT q weed on his hat und a solemn
look, und I know dot he loses his wife
three months ago. Always before he
goes by q dago to hat his shoes fixed.
"Do you invent some Sherman po-
etry, Ell" he says ash he sits down to
get a cement patch.
"It vhas So" I says.
81 neffer did care mooch for poetry.
but if he vhas free you can 60 ahead"
Und while I vhas heating oop der &C.
ment I says to him:
der VIA signs und SORROWS und heart
aches.
Der vhas signs und SORROWS und woes.
Der vhas days When JOY vhas forgotten
Cnd hope from her soul almost goes.
"'But do not despair in your sorrow;
Another rtos waiting for thee,
Ind almost pefore you know how 1t vhas
You'll surely be married to she."