The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-07-09

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newspapers throughout the country
are giving the little verse:
"She's the only girl love;
Has face like horse anu buggy;
L met her leaning on the lake
Oh, fireman. save me child.'
"lt is bein" discussed from one end
Of the country to the other, as il de-
serves to be. There is something pc
culiar in that little verse. 1t was
several years ago that first noticed
It. in some newspaper. And since
that time | haven't been able to .et
it out Of my head. Some newspaper
man had got it off at Il banquet some
whcrc-l have forgot how il came in
to eXistencc--I think it was Editor
Walker Kennedy. Of Tennessee. who
gave ii birlh-but the verse itself
will not out. | knew that some day
It's literary merit would be recogniz-
ed. and | prophccicd it. and now it
has come to pass. am glad. And |
hope those to whose attention it is
now being brought by the press Of the
country will be as much delighted
with il as was when | first SAW it
and-ii may be mean--but | hope ii
will stay with them as long as il did
With me.
81 noticed in the Charlotte OBJ
server several days ago that il profess
sor up there in Charlotte was walking
around the streets in an absent mind
'd manner. occasionally leaning
against Il telephone pole, and with a
PARKWAY expression in his eyes,
softly rcppeatn":
"She's the only girl I love;
Has face like horse and bu"gy'
Ind | was glad, with the great glad
hess that comes to man on rail
way l:"in WHO has slept while he
rain paSsc! lis station and carried
him -, AMI then finds that somebody
else. in some way. has also PASSED the
Stn,i"n &Nd must rel back 20 that sta
tirn ;Emcdiat2!v. and sooner.
'i'hc WIS" struck NJ fancy as
soon as | saw ii, and thcr--; was all
mp with me. II IN" city rr ErN1crry
had been offered ne To rn,"et il,
couldn'i have to"'"l ii. On my way
home ,i:": night. I found myself re-
pcG;iug:
81 rr; h"r leaning on the lake.
o.. fireman, save me rhill.'
"lBut on my way home that night.
little did | dream what trouble it was
to get me in before the dawn of an
other day. | thought That when I
managed to get to sleep, ii would
vanish, as does popular lunc which
one can't help hummin" for awhile
sometimes. thought my wife would
make fun of the little verse. and so,
with great effort. managed not to
let her hear me repeating it before
bedtime. Had known then what
was comm" during the nj ght. would
have rccitcl to her the poem. and its
history. and everything 7 know about
it.
"Somc time lurin" the night, in
my sleep. commenced repeating that
verse. ! don't know whether | got any
further than the first line or not; but
| have good cause to believe that the
first line came from my lips:
"Shc's ihc only girl love'--
And my wife heard if. And what hap
prncd next haven't been able to
Forget. either. though I have tried
A. hard to forget it, as | have tried
To forget the verse. And am not 90
in" 70 fell You about il, cithcr.' said
the Ncwbcrrian: "bccausc, he con-
timed. "i, 5 none Of your business
And don't you ever mention il to me,
either.
"That was some years ago. 7
thought then that | had got clear of
I, or had it frozen in me so hard that
il wouldn't thaw during my life time.
But next morning il was with me
again. and, durin" my busiest NOM
cnts, il would rush through my mind
and | would find my mind off nv
work. and | would be softly repeat
ing:
'Shc's the only girl I love,