Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-14
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H., !. Burton Francis. O toomdn
..gt bioL ideals and more than the
e'in ,,y "w measure Of the milk OF
yo, uum iirJness cOUrsiug through her
npm." . ,oficcs that her iCdshDomdn,
W"'' W.. Watson. is performing her ldbors
h'S' .,,ooish manner, inquiries ABOUT
Lsaih and about her numerous
H"tyJ,c, subjects hcr to some Hptut-
cn'u,JL ,oJL on motherhood, suggests
my -. For her husband TO read, and
!.tcysst, Eoy@% hcrsct in the tcetdre OF tho
family.
.o1r I can't sing" John said sheep
tJ.bIy, when they urged him.
,ToiI ~ how It happened any way,
~ {" IInd Perkins said. GIVE US thc
"9.S " On John. Sing about the COW
lot, " Peter Slater CoaXcd. =,
O|,r, iss n tcfflc Of II good song, that'
'D9TWS%HII DnWcII John began clearing his
,hroat, there it's for you. We ruined
mr me- voice drivin oxen though but
herc's the song.
nee was song Of the plains. weird
,rI wistful with an uncouth pla'ntivc-
mass that fascinated these lonely hill
dweIlers.
As was n-walkin one beautiful
morning,
in May.
saw a poor cowboy rolled up in
his blanket,
Rolled IN in his blanket as cold
as the clay
Tho listener would naturally suppose
,bot tho rowbOy was dead in his blanket
,bot lovely May morning but that idea
bod IN be- abandoned as the song went
m bcCGnsc the cowboy was very much
alive in the succeeding verses, when:
Round the bar bummin' whore bul
let's were lfummin'
lie Snuffch out the candle to show
why he come.
Then III, way Of giving directions for
Ms funcraI was somewhat ont of the
usual procedure, but no ono seemed to
notice these little Discrepancies
Beat the drum slowly. boys; beat the
drum lowly, boys,
Beat the dead march rs We hurry
along.
-
up above me, boys,
"lIcrc lies n poor cowboy who
knows he done wrong"
In accordance with popular custom,
John spoke the last two words in very
SLOW and distinct voice. This was con
,idorrd a very fine thing to dot served
The purpose of the "tiuis" at the end
Of tho book, or the "Lct US pray" nt
~, i ~ I,f
The applause was very loud and very
EcEuinc.
Bud Perkins, who was tho wit Of the
Perkins family, and called by his mother
a regular Cut-Up, was at last induced
10 sing. Buds "ComC all -yc" con-
taincl twenty three verses. and in it
was set forth the wandcringS Of on.
Young Willie, who left his home and nn
tive land nt very tender ngc and "icft
a good home wher he left. Ills
mother tied 4 k"rchicf Of blue around his
neck "GUd bless you. SON." she said.
Remember | will watch for you till
life itself Is fed - The song went on
to tell how long the mother watched in
vain. Young Willie roamed afar, but
after he had been sCalpcd by savage
bands and left for dead upon the sands
aud otherwise maltrcated by the world
at large hc began to think of home. and
after ShipwrrckS nrd dangers and hair
breadth escapes, he reached his mother $
cottage door from which he had gone
.Ong years before.
Then, Of course, he tried to deceive his
mother, aftor the manner Of all boys
returning after prOtraCted absence
Oh, can YOU tell me, ma m, he said,
How far 10 EdinbOro' town.
But he could not fool his mother, no,
no. She knew him by tho kcrChicf
blue still tied around his neck.
When the applause, which was very
generous had beer given, jim Russell
wanted to know how young Willie got
bis neck washed in all his long mean.
derings, or if he did not wash, how did
be dodge rho health officers.
George Slater gravcly suggested that
perhaps young Willie used dry clean
Ing proccSs--FrcnCh chalk or brown pa
per and hot iron.
Peter Slater said he did not believe
i was the same handkerchief at all. No |
handkerchief could stand the pace young |
Willie went. II was another one very |.
Ike the one he had started off with. !
lie noticed them in the window as be ,
passed, that day, going cheap for cash,
Tn" Young EngliNhmun looked moro
and NOR" mMlcd. 1t wis strange how
,anadtaus took things. lie turned to
Camilla.
1T is only q song, don't you know"
be said with distressed look. "It is
really impossible to say how he had the
k'rchict still tied around his neck"
The evening would not have been com