The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-10
PEARlSBEFORES SWINE

You change gour name 10 More" she
said, and be a Hogg no more
ELIAS Hoeg and Pearl v. sand sat meath
greenwood tree.
Upon n white-barked hirchen log SAT Hogg
ana peariy v
Beneath the log, in swinish guise Of COM
fcTtable aQualor.
OF roony cooiness like cave, a grg und-
log hao his parior.
Upon the pallid birchen bark Of the an
cient trystinR log.
Two names were hyphen- n-hitched as thu-
Pearl Sand Elias Hogg"
Al poker Hogg had lost a V, and he was
pretty blue:
When she was writing down their names
V lost Pearly, too.
why, they made sport Of me at school
They guyed me. said the girl;
They said the sand was graveled bad
where there was such a Pearl
"Oh, ] could stand a fling Ike that
Elias said, Il feel
That ia "a had the Sand fer that; but
1. when they grunt and squeaiv
He shook his head and closed his eyes as
II in awful pain;
And sighed and moaned and groaned ana
wept then did II all again.
Down Topped the maiden on the log tne
grounding down below
Felt that crisis had arrived, for sis was
crying so.
Since childhood's dawn" he said have
7 been made 10 sore repine,
Because my father's legacy OF name be-
tokened swine.
when I played patty-cake, and rolled
supposititious dough.
My mothers callers whispered that this
piggy isn't SLOW;
II he were ovened with the dough, BY fall
inC from his sty
/ really think that II would make pot
ush bit OF pie.
And once, when playing In the weeds
the boys quilted me with thlsues,
'Beholdr they yelled, Elias Hogg has
broken out with bristles.'
we had a bee to cut some wood for
Widow Ann MCGEE,
cut the most. the medal won; Pork
Chops" they yell in glee.
There's Hogg. Of Texas, once said;
may It penetrate your pates
That he became the governor of the big
gest of our states.
THE Long-Horn state they grinned
and said, combined in mutual scorn;
He wasn't any Hogg at all, he was
Unicorn
MY saddened soul sought poetry I sent
some to a paper:
The editor returned the verse-a most i'm
proper caper.
Hogs can't grunt rhymes he said. nor
root the language into meter;
! No dope can save ham like you. nor
slaughter house salt peter
/ Another editor declared my verse would
scare the Caribs,
4 If ! should sign Il Hogg. He thought ia
better sign II spareribs."
!
sprung strong, Ike bottled soul:
Twas like the sound the mired COW makes
when her hoof departs the hole.
~ sent come flowers to maid, nose
gay gemmed with roses.
1t held a note when II came back, marked
'Pigweeds are not Poses.
loved the maid, and said to her: See
the lovelight in mine eye
1T isn't that at ALL she said. it's but a
little sty.'
"she served you rightr snapped Pearl.
II guess twas weeds from some old
meadow
: The grounding was that scared he fell
! and almost smashed his shadow.
THAT was boyish love, dear Pearl. I
love you like man.
It is so sweet OF you TO give me that re-
naming plan.
! Sure can face you and request that you
/ be Mrs More.
4 Ten thousand pangs II might have saved.
had ! done this before.
Ask you 20 wed me as l am! 'Twere
hseaner than a dog.
To say: Come, pretty Pearl. and be my
life's own little Hogg.'
4 rhey sat beneath the greenwood tree,
upon the birchen log.
Said she: ''You'll surely have the Sand,
and be no More a HOgg"
/ They kissed beneath the greenwood tree.
Gay sang the pollywogl
He took his knife and cut away, FEAR
/ sand-Elias Hogg."
"'Tis we'll" said Pearl, Ito thus remove
that Sandy Hoggish lore.
/ II is a prelude Of the day when wen be
/ something More"
Those hateful ,.-mes," he said, won't
be writ on our loving billets"
Wen have More craven on our spoons.
and pots and pans. and sldllets."
They kissed again. Just think" said she.
with face afiame like the rose,
How you would seem, Elias dear, with a
hog-ring IN your nose'
] They kissed again. No nOse-ring caused
the kiss TO lop or linger
The ring was never on his nose, but on
her finger.
/ They kissed again Beneath the log the
gr0undhog crouched In wonder,
/ He lodged each time the kisses cracked,
and tried 70 say: BY thunderl"
| They kissed again at comfort found. u
love this ancient log"
/ Elias said FOR here ! leave the patrony-
mie Hogg;
It's here ] find I shall be More. Give me
that little hand.
The Hegg is dead forevermore, and buried
with the sand
They kissed again, and went their way, to
seek their names salvation.
| To court Elias took his case. The Judge
whose name was Bun.
Said Verify my soul for you with sym
pathy Is fun.
| "Bunheaded brutes have made me sick,
since my primordlal year,
/ with coward innuendoes that ! ought e
learn 20 steer.
| My neighbor Roses daughter, VIVID wild
Rose, a lovely name)
Was brought because OF me. to blush.
and hang her head IN shame
She loved my son, and welded him. with
JOY her heart was full
| TIN she discovered that Wild Rose must
now remain Wild Bull
II grant your quest Erase the Hogg.
know your heart Is sore.
BE More forever hence, and now depart
and sin no more"
They kissed aEain-hold. It's a sllpi It's
20 be mentioned only
That he was meath the tree next day; but
lonely-oh, 80 loneiyl
Pearl wasn't there. The groundhog. too
FAR on among the message