The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-25
AdeIbert's Close Gall.

They had been engaged for five min
utes. After the first trying cataclysm
was over they broke away and took oppo-
site corners of the sofa and looked into
the future. Adelbert was. at times poe
tic; the following lines came swirlng
| through his brain with the swiftness of
| baseball pitchers lurves:-
Life is earnest. life is real;
Love IS not for a day; oh no.
Oh whence will come the beefsteak.
Whence, oh whence Will come the dough?
But no such plebeian, trihing fancies
futtered through the frizzes Of Maize.
I've got a husky proposition before
me. but l think l can manage him all
olkey. Miranda. Mamma, But what d
lusy left he has got for an autshoot; l
hope the LOCALS will sign him so l can
have him every Sunday"
Different ideas percolated through the
recently aged gray matter which Adel-
bert was wont 10 egregiOusly call his
brain. He had crossed the Rubicon and
there was n b. of p. case before him II
he failed to make good; still. when he
glanced at Mazie's glittering bangles and
took cursory inventory of the jeweiry
she was in the habit of wearing every
day, he could not resist the temptation
of wandering once more through the
playground of the Muse while he pressed
his right against his brow to prevent his
think tank from bursting under the siren
uous STRAIN
Still, on still the thought will wander
Through my brain like some distress
Can, oh. heavenl Can 1 keep her
In the proper style of-gown?
Then he coughed and fell from the
sofa. and there, was trouble for FIVE
minutes while Maize tore open his collar
and swashed him with the contents Of
the watering japanese lily Jar, crying
in q sad low tone:-
My eswd! So much Joy has killed
But Adelbert was not dead, though he
wished he was. He wiped off his chin
with fifty dollar tidy and asked. with
water lily bulbs in every tone
Did you take me for a tenement house
fire or only a political parade?'
II thought so much JOY had killed
Alas. 1 swallowed my rhyme, that's
all"
Dearest, what's a rhine?''
He fell back in a cold storage faint
as icy drops concealed the butter colored
ringle;s on his brow Heavens Is 1t
possible that the creature who has
engaged him has no soul for pOesy?
MAIZE. pet there is one secret I have
kept from you; / knew you would be so
glad that-that your Birdy was a real
poet
"Avaunti Scat, Fire and famine:
Touch ne not. but hack TO the sea1eed.
false monster, You have broke ny young
heart Maize shrieked until her brother
came in IN his shirt sleeves and b1lging
muscles
Sis. shall / throw dis guy outer de
front wiinder or de back? Shah I Just
chuck him down de drain BY De stoope
Sir. recollect. I may become a member
OF your family and you may have 20
retract''-
Dat settles Il: out de front winder you
goes"
A imp form rose form the walk and
walked slowly away IN the darkness
But 1.delbstt was not sorry. he was glad.
Joyous. cheerful 10 escape with his lie.
besides. life with ore who had no soul
for poesy-it would be madness As for
fair Maize who thought her Birdy was
A baseball pitcher with future before
him. she was CAD she had escaped
common poet; who had lost his rhine"
BY Horace Sey-ouy Keller.