The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-24
HORRIBLE


tributes the following story this week
1t was clipped from his home paper
m Michigan many years ago:
Ever since the merry Christmas
chimes filed the air with deep-ton-
gued melody one Of our most popular
young men has been wandering nim-
lessly about the streets wearing upon
his face a look so sad, 30 excrueiat-
ingly painful, that it attracts unusual
attention When asked by his friends
what causes his dependency, he SD
~ shakes his head and replies, Moth
ing" and resumes hia funeral gait
Some think him laboFing under .
great hidden sorroW, and others avow
that the canker worm OF remorse for
some concealed crime Is gnawing at
his heart, but Dr.. Hawley thinks he
ID only bilious and that . few doses
Of medicine will soon bring him
around all right The truth has at
last leaked out and here it is.
Our young friend was desperately
in love with one of Hesperia's fairest
daughters and for a Christmas pres
ent determined to give her fine seal
skin cloak On Christmas even he
went to the drygoods store, told the
polite and perfumed clerk what he
proposed to do and asked to be shown
something in the desired line. A Sc
lection was soon made, placed in a
box and neatly tied up, and after ask
ing the calico assassination to lay it
aside for short time, the young man
left the store to dress for his visit
After he had gone out, the sleeping
devil of mischief in the clerks pollut-
ed heart reused up and led him IN the
commission of a trick so damnable
that it would cause the fiends to roam
the dark Plutonian shores to blush
with shame. Producing box similar
to the one in which the cloak had been
placed, he filed it with old newsps-
pers, and on the top of them laid a
pair of red flannel drawers of the
feminine gender. Then he tied the
package up neatly, wrote the young
mans name on it and went to supper.
We would give the clerks name, but
he has family depending upon HIM
for support, and the heart of his vic
tim is yearning for gore.
The young man presently came in,
picked up his bundle, and with light
joyous step wendell his way to the
house of his inamorata, whistling,
aft l ever cease to love" He was eff
fectionately welcomed, and after
moments conversation said:
81 have brough my darling Christ
mas gift, and bring it 10 her freight
ed with love as pure as ever welled
up within the heart of man. In max
ing a selection | had my chosen ones
comfort ever before my eyes and /
think you viii agree with me that
what have brought you will not only
shelter your fair form from the
storms and frost, but it viii also at
tract marked attention every time you
exhibit it upon the street. Men and
women who may see it fitted to your
beautiful figure Will turn and gaze
after you as you promenade the
street, impelled by power which
they cannot resist They will not
only admire its neat fit, which will
show every curve of your beautiful
rounded form, but the handsome color
as the garment bends and waves with
the motion of such lovely body viii
be to the masses fascinating sight
How my heart beat with pleasure
while selecting the present, when |
thought how charming you will look
with it on l have here few verses
which l composed for the occasion,
and l hope you will preserve them al
so as q memento of the joyous event
Ny Mary's Christmas Gift
Here at my darling's feet | lay
A tribute of my love
A love as bright as summer day,
Or shining sun above
And when within the handsome gift,
Her fair form she doth slide,
| pray her thoughts may eager drift,
To when she'll be my bride.
II Is no jewel rare l bring,
From Africa's distant mine
1t will not to the finger cling,
But to the form divine
And oh, pray that you may wear
1t many, many years,
And that its bosom fair may ne'r
Be stained by falling tears
Encased in this no wintry blast,
Can chill my darling's form,
The winds may howl in fury past,
And still she will be warm.
When buttoned tightly, Mary, dear,
The frost will seek in VAIN
Ny loved ones form TO get a-near,
And sting with cruel pain
Accept it from YOUR loyal Jonn,