The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-13

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And died. aud be hanged TO her.
Not poem. Mrs. Johnston; not
verse or line. Great Scott. but am ]
to become.a grease spot to help future
generations remember that your mulley
COW once lived? Stlhe your grief until
the 1st of November"
A Poets First Duty.
know that her feelings were hurt.
and 1t may be weeks before she for
gives me. but poet owes something
to himself Us well as to others. His
first duty Is to live through the hot
summer and come out right end up In
the fall At Farmer Hopes II was DIFF
ferent The farmer and his wife had
gone to town, leaving the son Bill at
home alone. Instead Of being on the
hustle In the cornfield he was sitting
on the fence waiting for me. He had
his head ia his hands and looked to be
a sick young man. When ] helloed him
he beckoned me to follow him TO the
orchard. ! did so, and he pointed to
noosed rope hanging from limb and
said:
ABE. must have some poetry or
my neck goes into that moose"
"Gee. Bill. but It's roasting hot"
"Makes no difference. I've been In
love with Sarah Jane Gregg for two
years. and she's turned me down. IL
you won't write something to melt her
heart. then it's goodby to the world
for me-"
knew Bil for determined young
man. and I knew his father and moth
er for good people, and so ! doused
my head I'm water from the kitchen
pump and had the young man fan me
with n burdock leaf while ! wrote as
follows:
In the gloaming l sit,
And the shadows they nit
And my thoughts are OF Sarah Jane Gregg.
There's "A tear In my eye,
And my soul gives a sigh,
And the rheumatic comes to my leg.
When the moonlight is here,
with the whippoorwill's cheer,
And the skeeter is humminB SO gay,
Then try for TO sing
or most any old thing.
But the singing It gives me away.
When the night 1t Is dark
And TO winds | do hark,
Then l think OF the sad willer tree.
VIII IL bend over Bin
As q grave he doth MI
And weep for the sad tragedee3
When departed l am.
Like a jar OF old Jam.
VIII Sarah bend over my bier?
i And when it's too late
(tiaving taken a skate)
win she shed me loving hot tearf
WIN she sigh with regret
Il think so, you beD
That she didn't say yes when popped;
That she gave me the shake,
And my heart II did break.
As unto cold death was Hoped?
Aids Farmer Bell.
When l had finished and read tn,
poem TO Bill lie walked TO the apple
tree and jerked down the rope anc
then turned TO me and shook hands
/ without word. understood. Thos,
+, verses We're going to Sarah Jane with
In two hours. They did so, aud at sun
down OF that fateful day Sarah ant
| Bill were walking hand In hand.
periled my life TO bring II about, but
! asked no reward.
There was one more trial In store
At Farmer Bells L found tears falling
and, though the day had grown hotter
still would not leave the house unit
! could leave the following behind me
Twas away on In Kentucky where ou
Sammy he did dwell
| In the house of his good uncle. who's
name Is John A. Bell.
| The day It was In summer. and Sam wal
making hay.
And the lanbklns were a-frisking. an.
| the calves they were at play.
No hurricane was blowing. no thunde
| rent the air.
No earthquake was a-auaking the peopl
/ for to scare.
A holy calm spread over things. the chill
dren were In school,
And In the pasture. clicking flies. Their
stood the gentle mewl.
| A lludden shrek. an awful ell--'twas ter
| rlble 10 ace
Our Sammy lying on the ground meath
persimmon tree.
HIS means they touched the human heart
and human tears they fell
As Sammy breathed his last and die,
upon ths spot he fell.
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