The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-11-27

Welt well, said Tom his courage gone wei let the drop.
Perhaps Wen be in better shape when have sold the crop
And Arthur Park and Preston Clay were coming out to tea
Have just sent word they'll across little after six
And with pleasure still in view the happy couple dned
But stops think and ofcourse
lie ' not always BEND to her and Weld his own ncue
Perhans it was within week from that especial date
That Tom the bank aain and talked with Hiram Rate,
m twenty thousand risk written on his life
And time went and Toms affairs from making much display
IN n 5p So {" the org 5 iTT red lad long ago been made
Tom still kept up stylish drove mis- speedy
And Este kept eheea all the time farm
And n wonted way of life impending harm.
They sometimes talked about the place and What they hoped t" do
h t Of that a n6 ssr 5t eE BOTH bot thinking still
That hope would along their and all its promise fill
2o 1 no not ha must not heat Exclaimed his Wife
I'm she added then ,n WHEN ' the t worst 4 worst
his voice himsslto her he could not say.
He knew how safe they should chance die
H ne parent heart was glad to know away
Thered be mortgage the farm he left to little MAY
We he said perhaps you right cannot be denied
That He Wills the gracious Lord easily provide
And Time kept pace things ooser still
And Tom began to show some signs OF passing down the
And Maxwell Nav was sweet sixteen
still favored place and to its open door
As many at this late day. as came before:
they did, it brought regret the heart Of Kate
began to clearly see the approach OF Fate
Their pling up in town-a little every
ronbledays would appear
The debtor side was very ful-te credit side was blank
The farm Welding just we'll the crops were always fair
And might have it, with any frugal care;
still he his sealskn coat and still he drove his bay
With nothing from his sunshine saved to meet the rainy day
fatal poor Tom with shattered head
brought before his frantic wife, and frightened daughter dead
curb had freed her mouth and bore him to his fate
And owrsmen with faces grave to bring the body home
knd all had that Toms estate was only left she'll
with the widow and the child it could not now be we'll
we'll for them that day and for month
The widow saw for her and May no happy thing in store
The green spot her sacred place, where Ia Tom laid
All, ALL go meet the debtshe morgas@ hanging GER
kindly hand advance and felt thai: would be-
From any of the friends who SO oft to tea
But one bright afternoon, their ched
There visitor from that quiet Hiram Rate
To let her know that May the farm
STILL in her grief, she did not shrink, bur brlyey ll" fear
Although strained her earstrings far she with fearless face
And said: "m ready sir at to give the place
some the money banks their thousands tell
suddenly into his the big drops
As if he felt Gid. a certain of shame
And for a time he could not speak but trembed as Leaf
And when last the words did come but few they and brief
wrote Twenty thousand risk upon your husbands life
My Company has sent me here to pay it to his wife.
eyes of Hiram Rate tree hers.
Your husband greatest friend and in this prudent
He Felt how love Of fashion, show was fastened his life
And that is why this policy was written for his wife"