The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03
THE CHAIR OF HE'LL"

And carried through with iron manu. N
So IL your wants are Ger swell $50 Z
You'll hardly find them here in hell.
Nick could discern Mark no fool :
But vet he knew Mark could not rule
This hell Nick loved, no more tnan tney
Who tried 1t In former day :
Therefore he saw he must DECIDE
To throw away his foolish PRIDE Il
And take Mark to his commence, :
Which seemed to Nick but common sense Z
Then 'twixt the two would De no Irlctioh
Nor any sort of useless dicton.
One morning soon old NICK, us saiu'
Brought Mark cup of molten leau,
And with a wink of cunning cheer,
Said dish isht vot We calls our beer
Und lie she walls to cheers you o0p
Don't blame the blaze, jusht blame tn COOP
Mark drank the draught said, that Is SWELL Y
No doubt the coolest drink In hell
Now Bismark Mark they are the same s
For what, i'm hell, is in name,
Began with Nick each day to be
Quite chummy and quite friendly. 4
They laughed and quaffed their molten lead :
Ate birthstone for their daily bread,
And what seemed strange, this royal pair, =
Began to make the strangest chair =
That yet was seen to De
From private hand or factory. nj
This chair had posts like to anneal
OF fiesh of bone and molten steel; 81
Its rounds blood stained, concealed by heat; =
It's arms like women's hands and rect;
Its base resembled childrenS heads 4
When Struggled in their coZy beds; :
Its back like glass, with wondrous stains
Once seen in outraged church Of Rheims; 4
While here and there its bas-rehef, {
Recalled the keenest, poignant grief,
For chisseled through Satanic arts, Il
Were Belgiums Broken, Bleeding Hearts. E
When this unheard of chair was made,
Prince Bsmark unto Satan said: &
"At last at last my work is done,
This chair awaits the only one
Who could these simitudes enjoy +
Or their realities destroy
To him naught mattered but ambition,
Nor time person, nor condition
OF human beings, the most accurst-
OF british beasts, by far the worst
You've met your King, do not forget
And one who'll force from you respect" :
"Above this chair place name,
Surrounded by glowing flame
OF fire, to shed lurid light, 8
That he may it day and night,
name so hated that VOW
To mention it, | shudder :
l will not-Quick, pass me that flare
With hells own fire brand 1t there"
The devil glared upon that name,
Whilst shudders shook his stalwart frame
He tried to curse, he tried to pray
Then, quickly tainted dead away. :
1t was some time ere he came to
From this long faint, which did ensue
Upon his learning of that name,
Which would put hell and him to shame;
But, being spirit tried by fire,
Yet hardly able to respire,
He family moaned, II once had hope
That none with me might dare to COPE
But Prince, see, thou art the wiser,
That Chair-My Chair, Is for the Kaiser"
When quiet was restored to hell
And Nick had got breathing spell
He murmured in half monologue
Which to this tale Is epiogue:
"Tve seen the fiends of many lands
And gloried in their deeds;
I've seen them laugh at empty hands
And mock at widows weeds;
I've seen the Emperors of Rome
Battle In the Christians blood
I've seen with joy the knife go home,
Close by to where / stood.
I've watched from hell with unctious glee
The fairest creatures fall,
And helped the Williams to get free
Who robbed them of their all.
I've seen the baby cheeks grow pale
When mothers breasts went dry,
And gloated DER distinctions gale,
Without the faintest sigh.
I've planned the greatest horrors for
The babe, the youth, the DID,
And reveled in the fiercest war
That pen Of man has told;
But All see my conqueror;
He comes He cOmes-tis well;
He's now the German Emperor
He'll soon be Prince of He'll"
-LLIENO
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