Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-10
That the scriptures Might be Fulfilled
By G. II. t.

And travels DER your ribs IN giee'
Around your neck goes sprightily.
And down your spine does n schottichec.
The flea, the flea, the wicked iea.
That bores you full of holes so free,
That comes upon you secretly
And gets away so suddenly.
That is the flea, the wicked hea,
I've hunted for persistently.
And when | thought had him, gee
He'd got mile away from me.
I've sneaked upon him cautiously
And laid for him secrstively
But strange enough. that wicked heh
Was never where 1 thought he'd be.
I've got up in the night, By Gee!
And waved my Enthusiastically,
Like lone. wrecked mariner at sea.
NV wife has dittoed. just like me.
And from the window sill-ily
Done LA Barbara Fritchic.
But then I'll tell you, privately.
That's not the way to shake Tea.
You've got to do 1t calmly.
Or. so my wife has said to me-
ana lalth sut ubtS IL
Has got it down just to "A t.
She vets her fingers FIRSTLY,
And goes about 1t gingerly.
And gets her eye upon that hea.
Just how she does it puzzles me
For MIR. Flea sits quietly
And lets her nab him easily.
But then 1t isn't so with me.
I've tried to do 1t quietly
And not wake up the tenantry.
And this is how 1t came to be:
I'd climbed out several times you see.
At 10 and II snd and 3:
Which wasn't any joke to me.
At 3 I sat up YEARLY,
And on my pillow saw that fiea.
The light was burning dimily
But still saw him distinctly.
cat least twas so IL seemed to mel
] turned my pillow quickly
And sat thereon pronouncedly,
] knew ! had my Mr.. Flea.
Tor so ii safely seemed to me
But having on my pajamee
didn't have my specs" by me.
And without them | couldn't see
An elephant. much less u iiea.
And so I reached discrectiy.
Aud also somewhat sleepily.
Toward II table near to me,
On which my glasses seemed to he.
When. out tipped precipately.
And Jared the honse pcrccptihly.
This walked my wife quite suddenly.
t.ra.. 4 a a.
Let ne get up and catch that flea.
But had gained the victoree.
Aud wanted all the gloryec.
As well us all the hellish glee
OF killing one Internal flea.
! turned that pillow carefully.
My wife looked on so smilingly.
turned again. Nowhere WAS he.
She said: Perhaps there was no flea.
And replied as calmly,
Perhaps IL WAS humble bee.
Or else perhaps II stingaree.
She saw | spoke sarcasticly.
(Which happens only rarily)
While stood at the bedside. she
Stood Just across. my vis-a-vee.
Once more the pillow gently
turned, When mp bObbed Mr.. Flea.
The nutshell game. quite plainly.
OF Now you see. and now don't see"
Each glued our eye distinctly
Upon a speck that looked like he.
And made a dash simultaneously.
20 Gee!"
We struck our heads terrlflcly;
And sat down quite emphaticly
My wife remarked: my heavens, met
But | spoke more satanicly.
In fact 1t cannot printed be.
And when I'D got my mind more free
crawled to bed quite cannily
And left the field to Mrs. L.
Who had 1t out with Mr. Flea.
But in the morning busily,
Before the sun had kissed the lea,
Or wifey thought of kissing me.
rose and PACKED In my valee
All my possessions earthly;
And shook the sand OF San-d-D
As erst I'D shook its sandy flea.
| And so the scriptures come TO bo
Fulfilled and proved specihcly.
Which tells Us that the wicked flee
When no man pursueth ho.
DEDICATION
And these my lines ! painfully
And very sympathiclly,
As well as quite respectfully.
Dedicate most sincerely
To my companions in misery.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. U. ID.
San Diego, Cal, Oct. |, 1911