The Caldwell tribune., 1905-11-11


~pman rp1H OF seventy. and only a trtne
l. VINO 2eap. am smart T3n and clipper. for all tn,
As many another woman thai. owl. nu
as old. ""Ay nAn
over Sns hil to the poorhouse-I can't
Over tSa slts b,,1 make al =, It clear;
n hortid I'D onosei 70 sne poorhouse-it seems SO
hhany hat step I've taken a-toilin' to and fro.
p"e tnIs Ie sort of Journey naver
tnought to 60.
WHAT ns,,. 1s Inc .,a use Of heapin' on me a pau
Az. AN lasy Or crazyf Am / blind or lanai
A'uS' = atoif, an not 90 supple. nor yet 60 awful
But charity amt no favor. IL one can live
am willin' and anxious an ready any
To work for a decent livin. an. nav nv
honest wayI S' '
T0' "a sfa - earn Sn,u vtetuals, an mora, too,
IL anybTdy ts willin' to have me rorrH
once ! was young an handsome-I was,
upon my Reul-
Once py cheeks was roses, my eyes o.
Ana ! Ha can't remember, in them days, Of
ReaTln people say,
Fer any kind Of reason. that was In
their way.
1e1n't no use Of bOastiu', or talkin' Over
But many a house an home was open the1
Many han'soms oRer had from ukel,
men,
And nobody ever hinted that I was a bur
den then.
AND when to John was married, sure ht
was good and smart,
Sut ne and all the neighbors would own
done my part;
Ter life was all before me, an was young
And ! worked the best that I could IL
tryin' to get along.
And 50 we worked together, and life wa
WIN aa hard bgt gay,
D,,, on our way;
I'LL we had half dozen, an all growet
| clean an neat
An went to school, like others, an ha'
enough to eat.
So we worked for the chlldrn, and raise
EN- every oneI
worked for EN- summer an winter, jus
aS we ought to've done;
Only perhaps we hanored EN-, which SOM
good folks condemn,
But every couples child'rnB q heap tn
best to them.
Strange how much We think Of sur bIesse'
Mttle onesl-
I'd have died for my daughters, I'd hav
died for my sons;
And God He made that rule Of love; bu
| when were old and DrRY.
TVs noticed 1t sometimes somehow fail
to work the other way.
Strange, another thing; when our boys an
| girls was grown,
And when, excsptin' Charley, they'd lef
Us there alone;
When John he nearer an nearer come, an
| de&rer seemed to be.
Tha Lord Of Hosts He come one day, ar
took h4m away from me.
Still / was bound to struggle, an neve
to crinke OF fall
Still worked for Charley, for Charley wa
now my all;
And Charley was pretty good to me, wit
| scarce q word or frown,
Till at last he went a-courtin', ana brough
wife from town.
She was somewhat dressy, an hadn't
pleasant smile
She was quite conceity, and carried hea
But If ever I tried to be friends, cid wit
her, ] knows
But she was hard and proud, an couldn
make 1t 60.
She had : sn A.! edicatiOn' an that was goo
But when she twitted me on mine. t wa
carryin' things too fuEI A.,
An told Der once, fore company An'
almost made her sickl, >.
That / never swallowed g grammar or 4
'rithmeHc.
80 twas only few days before the thin
They was vas a family Of themselves, and I al
And a yerv little cottage one family will d.
But I never have seen a house tnat wa
big enough foF two.
An never could speak to suit her. nsV'
couid please her eye,
An. # made me Independent, an then
nut I was was terribly staggered, an felt 1t ILL
When Charley turned as'in me, an told N
] could go.
T went to live with Susan, but susan
house was small,
And she was always R-hlntn' how snug
was for US all;
And what with her husbands S1SteESs HI
what with child rn three,
,rvos easv to discover that there WASH
room for me.
An then I went to Thomas, the Oldest SC
FOR Thomass buildlngsd cover the half
an acre lott ,su
pr+ ali the childrn was on mel coulon
stand their sauce .SH ,,
comm there to boss
Ana then I wrote to Rebecca. my girl WI
lives out West, 49,
And to Isaac, not far from her-some 1--WE
ty miles at best; 49,
And one of 'em said twas TOO warm Ihe
+;otber tSf InSOd had an opinion the climate WI
too cold.
so +hev have shirked and Slighted me-
o. shtrt shn1 have well-nlgh soured me, a
S~ wore my old heart OUT
pn+ still i've borne up. pretty weA'
ouS wasn't much put down,
NUT me on the town.
oua- +he hill to the poorhouse-my en-
x.nv night I've watched you when on
God was nigh; ,. u
And GodII Judge between uS' ou' '"
~, ara aaaSSb sbaI PI" never suffer the half
today. Will NJ Carleton.
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She Jumped at It,
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