The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-07-12

Hic-I send for him I'm sure thic)
An to him I would com (hic) plain,
Bout this lockin' of the door.
That slavery (hic) lisa thing gone by
don't see how they can (hic) say,
There's no law (hic) now days
Where they have right to (hic) s(c)ell man.
PRINCE IN HOUSE OF Breakdown.
And it was about the eight hour. Isabelle
Waiten lingereth in the door of her hut and doth
shade her eyes from the rays of the glorious
setting sun.
Across the garden by the wayside, swingeth in
circle, some children of the high priests and
prophets, who in themselves will eventually be-
come prophets. And they singeth aloud
Prince Strangely was King Williams son,
Upon the public road he run;
Upon his shirt he wore no vest,
Was taking a Royal tramp we guess.
Theday is far spent and the nights coming on
So give meyour ears, and I'll jolly along,
jolly along. jolly along.
And as they doth play they glance through the
dust that they doth create and upon the crest of
yonder hill doth see hat arising in the air. And
as they watcheth it it still arseth and 10, it is
man, and he being a stranger among them they
feeth for safety and shelter to their huts The
man is hungry and he fain would eat of the
husks as they lay in some masters barn. And he
doth linger about and in the early morn doth
meet Prophet McGuess, painter of huts as well
as painter of imaginary pictures to his subjects.
And the stranger seeketh work and the prophet
giveth it unto him and asketh, ''Who art thou
and from whence doth thee Gomez" 81, saith
the stranger am Prince Strangely, son of King
William. l am the godfather of Aus. Crothers
and Doc. France sole owner of the CAB trust. l
personal friend of Roosevelt and still closer
one to Bryan. I am in disguise and 1 searcheth
for woman that may marry, one who under
standeth the servant girl question. If thee canst
find me one such p
my prophesy foretells me that thou art a fizzle
and take,' saith the prophet.
NAY. nay" saith the stranger, "a thousand
crowns will give thee if thou canst find me that
which 1 search for.''
And they did drop their brushes and depart
unto the house of Miss Isabelle Waiten. And she
was introduced to the Prince and there was much
bowling and scraping of feet. And the Prophet
doth depart and he goeth into the village store
and doth tell the wonderful things that he hear
eth and those resting about doth marvel within
themselves.
Prince Strangely doth work his card for all he
is worth, A castle he will build at Claytonsyille
Baltimore county, it shall be of a thousand rooms
with bath room in EACH and her fairy form
shall battle in cream pumped through silver
tube from the sharpless condensery at Rising
Moon The spigots shall be of goose neck
pattern and there shall be cork fioateIs that will
enable the bather to swim like duck. Hel
hall no ct1fFa will NH, mr.
she shall have Dan Patch to ride and Thousand
nubians for servants. Diamonds there shall BIT
set in her teeth and strings of them shall girdlt
her shoulders and waist. And she is promised
much, yea very. very, very, very, very much
But still she hesitateth.
Life without thee" saith the Prince, twill be
asa broken reed do love thee and thou know
est it. The portals of my heart have swung oper
for thee and within thou and thou only cans
live.
II will have golden chariot drawn by foul
white steeds abreast, to take thee to the church
at Hoaxford. White marble pillars, snrmounted
with silver wedding bell shall line its street,
and they shall be festooned with garlands o.
gold and silver.
"a body of trumpeters shall go before thee
dressed in satin and fine linen and they shall
blow upon their silver trumphets
'And as thou enter the church n flock OF doves
shall be liberated from golden cage and they
shall bear tdings and thy name unto the end Of
the earth.
"And it will come to pass that little George
McKinsey and Smith Campbell shall be best men
and that Henry Phillips, Ed. Pierce, John Adams
John KeilholtZ, Penn Shade and Christian Euler
shall be ushers. And there shall be chorus Of
thousand and dozens of flower girls The men
shall be clad in guano sack cloth and the women
in silk and satin"
And he promiseth much, yea very much and
doth send for Ben. BTiseoe of the Rising Moon
the noted weather prophet that he may set day
for the wedding, when it will rain not, neither
will it snow.
But after things were all fixed he groweth more
impatient in his heart than ever and doth induce
Isabelle to drop all the an-dangles and they doth
secretly slip off before the appointed day and
hour, and unto the high priest of Hoaxford did
make marry.
Now it came to pass that another prophet hear
ing of the graft of McGuess and being jealous
thereof did circulate report that the Prince
was a fake, pure and simple and doth inform the
bride so.
And it came to pass that she stormed unto the
Prince. She prayed that the stones in the road
be heaps of Goals meath his feet and he saith he
didn't care for his next tramp would be over the
ties May the Patch be on tue seat of his trousers
She pfayeth that his voice may change like unto
winters winds. And she cryeth in loud voice
And ii came to pass that the inhabitants Of Brick
town did rush pell-mell and they did seize him
aud they took him unto the chief priests and
scribes who did search the dictionaries and
directories after ordering the servants to remove
dust and cobwebs there from And they mar,
veled in themselves and diseovereth that man il
made of dust and that mud is dust and clay and
they did release the prince who they did find was
only pig sticker.
They seized MeGuess and did indict him fol
being a member of the match" trust and re
moved him from office as prophet.