THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 27, 1908.
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KI.I-," said the House In
fective of the 9t. Reckless,
"it's purty near time to ring
out the old, and ring in the new."
"it Is." said tho Hotel Cleric, "with a
patent w ringer. The old year is almost
sun. I.arry. December's days are iium
bcrrd. Of tour3e if you want to be finicky
about it they've been numliercd all along.
th- numbers ranging from first to 31 in--li;si"C.
but it sounds more poetical to
put it that way when speaking to a close
friend.
"And I always feel more poetical some
liow at this season of the year than at
others. "With Christmas over, all but
paying for the presents you pave, and
the old year on its last lap. or its last
l cs. depending on whether you lfke to
think of it sitting down or standing lip;
1 begin to feel a bit reminiscent and re
trospective and everything like that.
pick up my favorite magazine ami find
on the back of it a picture which shows
a highly new and original treatment of
an old theme, depicting as it does, an
old tottery gentleman with long whiskers
ami bare legs stepping off the left-hand
side of the cover, while a little chap
about two days old with nothing in the
wav of personal baggage except a sash
around Ir.s waist Willi some figures on it
Is driving down the middl of the page
in whatever style of vehicle happens to
b newest. I remember when he came in
m old-fashioned ligh wi.eel sulky and
then on a bicvrle and last year he was
driving an automobile. I look for him
' this year in an aeroplane, but except for
' that the fixtures '11 be as always. And
. in the window of the stationery store I
see the new art calendar with the design
of a lady angel, that everybody buys
: hut nobody uses, preferring the non-art
kind that the insurance agent or the.
coal dealer sends with his compliments in
a pasteboard tube, rearing few clothes if
any t lie lady angel I mean, not the coal
dealer. "With anthracite selling at Js.75
. a ton if weighed on his scales or 311. ii
If weighed on somebody else's, he ought
to have all the clothes he needs tills
Winter, and his wife too. But most of
the ait calendars that I've seen thus far
this season, depict the lady angel In an
under-dressed condition, kneeling as if in
prayer. There's no explanation for this
as far as I can learn, but often the
calendar also shows a snow storm raging
in the back ground, so I assume that
probably she's praying for a sleigh ride.
But be that as It may. 1 observe these
things and by them and other things such
as a note coming due in bank, I am
brought to realize that "IW with its
hopes and fears, its disappointments and
it. fulfillments is almost gone while at
the threshold stands young, buoyant
foolish "lOoS."' bringing us new hopes,
new fears and the Klst Congress."
"Well, lookin' back on 'er she wuzn't
such a bum year as years go." said tb
Voiise Detective philosophically.
Oil. not at all." said the Hotel Clerk.
"Now that it's practically used up. ail
but a thin, narrow strip along the back
seam, I can see where it whs a per
fectly good year In many respects. If
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A MAGIC CHRISTMAS COIN
AND WtlAT iT DID fOIi THE LITTLE MOTHER Or
THE MINISTERS CHILDREN wuise lcxincton.
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T'XMv ti e ".;'.:drn down to aee
thf toy." t.-.riay. father."
'Thai's a good giri. lid they
apni to enjoy themselves?"
"Vr; every one of them, and espe
cially K:ty. She i so easily pleased."
The minister's Kiizabelh sighed in
'iir.te a ginvn-up manner, and her
father looked up quivkly from his
wrlilnff.
'S"h3t I- it. daughter?" he inquired.
'Nothing-." answered the little mother
of the minister's motherless flovk.
Xotl.injr at M. tether, oniy It seems
so hard to he poor at Christmas time.
I mean."
'Toor!" echoed the (rood mm. re
proachfully, '('mint your blessings,
Kllzabeth, and don't forget the rivn-y
Klfts we reieived last Christmas, tes
tifying to a wealth ot tovlnc friends.
No one N poor who has a friend."
Klizaueth'x though: nw ba-'kward
a year, to a jstift of a load of potatoes,
ore of wood, a (treat j;ir of mtnreinai
and a whole, cheese; and tnse sit; le
mcmbored with gratitude. ii m t site ti!l
cherWhed a resentment in her heart
towards numerous well-meaMi-.-tg mem
bers of the parish who bad tlc:ucr--l the
family with elaborate articles of clo'.h
irjr. such a embroidered ki'tionos
bathrobes and bedroom slippers, mu. h
too fancy ror everyday us; an.l villi
delicate silk and civet couch pi'lov i.
much too ornate for any use nt ail.
These, when they had needed jackts,
jrtovcR and shoes so sadly.
"It's money I mean, father." she
finally amended.
Rut, daughter, I gave you a 'nuch
money as usual for Christmas."
"Yes. father."
"rid you find it insufficient?"
"Oh. I'il make it do, somehow, fath
er. Ton't you worry. It's only that
Tommy has grown so bisr and wants
sif-h expensivo things: and the twln
nies will not even look at any but
rrat bis doils. wih real hair and eye
lashes." The minister, looked tired and wor
ried. Ho had been driving about the
countryside in the cold, visiting the
shk and afflicted. Kllzabeth r.otlcod
that was couchinp less, however,
than before she got his prcs-ription
filled with part of that ( "hristmau-i
money. How tiiat five dollars had
dwindled in tiree days' time! First,
th'ir were warm aloves for father,
rhen tiie couch tonic, then ruhbers for
Kdith and Judith, and. lastly, the brok
en window at the sctioolliouse. the
story of which Tommy had come to her
with instead of worrying father. Only
one dollar left now. but she and Mis.
Mullen would try to make It all up
by saving in the housekeeping allow
ance. Blixabet.i sat pondering these things the
following morning, while she put the fin
ishing touches to soma simple little gifts,
when Mr. Mullen ushered in a caller, and
then disappeared with a disapproving
clump, clump of heavy shoe. It was the
housekeeper's one regret that she was not
allowed to deal summarily with ail the
visitors who daily applied to the parson
age side door, but in the bsenc. of the
minister himself, wax required to turn
them oi-er to Elizabeth, wtioee Judgment,
she was to come in that door right now
and ask for a reference I'd cheerfully
write one out, informing all whom It
might concern that while Nineteen-Eight
had broken some of our most cherished
glassware, and had occasionally scorched
the steak, on the whole she had given
reasonable satisfaction, and we were
parting from her with more or less re
gret. A good many things that we
thought were going to happen in 1908
didn't happen, and quite a number of
things that we didn't expect at all were
constantly occurring from day to day.
such as Presidential messages and ali
mony suits in the Gould family. But
that sort of thing has been more . or
less common with most of her recent
predecessors. So I guess nobody can
ki.U.
"It was a good year for divorce sta
tistics. nlghl-rlding. liars (see Koose
velt's public utteiances. campaign con
tributions and the Outlook' Magazine, and
a poor year for Democrats, musical com
edies. Kaiser Wllhelm and people for
meily In the habit of carrying on a cor
respondence with Mr. Archbold. of N'o.
;S Broadway, New York. As regards tho
Taft family thing broke even on the
whole. William H. bringing home the
goofls in a neat bundle, but Charles P,
being left with a painful cavity in the
bank roll and the nerve exposed, desplt
which the Ohio Senatorshlp continues to
remain some distance remote and re
fuses to come whinnying to the pasture
bars, although frequently called to in
a kind and winning tone of voice.
"Karly In the Spring several thousand
persons started out with a certain sys
tem for beating Wall street, and the
frosts of Autumn found some of th;m
connected with the city dock department
In the scow-trimming branch at 91.-5
per day. while otners were occupying
points of vantage on the benches of our
public squares and parks, and engaged
in the culture of fringe on the pants.
An unprecedentedly large number of fly
ing machines were built and at least
two of them flew; also an unprecedent
edly large number. Many improvements
were noted In automobiles, but none in
the chauffeurs. A new cocktail called
the "Fire and Flames Cocktail" was in
vented, but conservative dressers re
mained faithful to the reliable Martini
with an olive in It.
In accordance with the custom of the
times the orange crop was totally de
stroyed by frost early in the Spring,
followed three weeks later by the tolal
destruction of the peach crop, thereby
assuring a full average yield of the
produce of the first named, including
orange blossoms, orange phosphate and
those sassy little orange-wood stabbers
that the manicure girls run down undr
your finger nail an inch or two, to see
if the quick Is still thYe. -while parties
attending roof-gardens reported that they
never saw finer peaches, including both
the preserved kind and those fresh
peeled. Alfalfa did well in New Tork.
where Hughes won. but poorly In Indi
ana, where Kern lost.
"Finance rallied and commercial con-
if somewhat less mature, was wholly un
prejudii'ed. 'Fa;her has just gone to the church to
a committee meeting. Will you come in
and wait?" Klizabeth spoke kindly, for
the poor man aeemeU discouraged -and
looked pale.
He sank gratefully into the big chair
pushed forward. "Your father visited
me at the hospital last week," lie ex
plained, "and liifi talk did me so much
good that I decided to et well. He asked
me to call upon him when I was dis
charged, and as 1 wished to see him again
1 came."
"I am glad you came." said the I!ttl
girl. 'Fatlier will le pleased to see you."
And as her visitor sat with one thin
hand shading his tired-looking eyea. Kliza
leth chatted In a childlike way to him
of her brothers and sisters and. of their
happy home life, stirring old memories in
li is heart, and making him repent bitterly
tlie misimrierstand'ng that had driven'him
from his own home.
"U must be pretty fine for Tommy to
have a sinter like youl" he declared, when
siie had finished tiie story of the broken
window. "He is a lucky boyl" And
Klizabeth laughed back: "Rut think how
much luckier for Tommy if he had a fairy
godmother wtio could change these red
mittens Into a Voauilf'il, sliiniir pair of
skates or a finc"PotbalI. "Von can.'t think
how he loves a muddy old. football! And
the fairy could make thus clipping-book
lor father into a heavy silk muffler to
keep his throat warm: and the twinnies'
small dolls into big. beautiful ones with
real hair and eyelashes."
"And what would you have her do for
you?" lie asked, watching tlie busy Angers
with great interest.
"Oh. I'm not particular; unless she
should bring me new gloves. I never have
enough s'v"- But I always get more
presents than I dream of getting. Every
body is good to us, on account of lovln
father so much, you know." the little ckl
explained, quite unselfishly.
A moment later the telephone rang, and
after answering It, Kliza'oeth said, disap
pointedly: "Oh. I'm so sorry! Father has
been called away, and will not be home
for luncheon."
"Never mind me." the man answered.
"I must be going now. I'lease. tell your
father that I came, as he asked me to
do, and that I am extremely glad that I
did' so." But as he began buttoning up
his threadbare coat with Angers that
trembled. Bl:zabth asked with a sudden
Inspiration: "Do you like warm ginger
bread?" "I tiEd to. little girl, t used to love my
mother's warm gingerbread." the man
nodded, smilingly.
"Then you'll like Mrs. Mullen's." Eliza
beth assured him. "Piease sit down
again, for I am going to get some for
you!" and she disappeared in the direc
tion of a most enticing odor, soon to re
turn with a plate of warm gingerbread
and at glags of milk.
He ate and drank hungrily, but when
he started to go once more, she stopped
him a second time. Bringing a heavy
great coat from tbe ball closet, she
begged of him to accept it. as the weath
er had grown so cold and a slight snow
was, falling. He took it gratefully, but
when he tried to thank Elizabeth his
voice failed him entirely.
After supper that evening, when the
children had all been tucked into bed,
Elisabeth sat down beside her father to
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tell him about their visitor, but first she
said, playfully:
"Tou look quite happy, father. What
is It?"
"It is something that will please you.
too. little Metty. Will you please bring
me' the overcoat that hangs in the hall
closet?
"Not the overcoat with a fur collar,
father?"
"Yes., dear: the same. There is a $10
gold piece in the inside pocket. I Just
happened to recall it today, when I was
wondering how I could get some more
Christmas money for you."
Klizabeth grew suddenly sober. "Why.
father." she exclAimed. "I gave that over
coat away this morning!" and she told
him all about it.
"It had been hanging up in the church
vestry for about a year." she explained,
"and wa.s crowded out of the home mis
sionaries boxes twice, and did no good
In all those months, except for the one
time you wore it when you had to ride
into the country straight from church
and had no time to come home first."
"Yes, I know. It was a wedding I
went to that stormy afternoon." and I put
the fee in the overcoat pocket and forgot
all about it until today."
Klizabeth felt a sudden desire to laugh
and cry together. "And to think I gave
it away!" she exclaimed tragically, but
her father consoled her:
"Perhaps he needed it more than we
did. daughter." and Elizabeth brightened.
"Oh. yes. father: I'm quite certain he
needed it for food: He looked, as I told
Mrs. Mullen, quite as if the wind might
blow him away. Mrs. Mullen said she
hoped it would and all the rest of the
beggars that hung about your doors.
But he didn't bog for a thing he didn't
even hint he was a perfect gentleman!"
the little girl declared, and in the next
breath exclaimed: "Why, he'll bring It
back, of course!"
Elizabeth was forced to give over this
opinion, however, as Christmas drew
nearer and nearer, nor could she help re
counting each day the many things the
$10 ffold piece would have got for their
ditioris showed an upward tendency. The
Standard Oil reported no serious busi
ness reverses and the J. Tlerpont Mor
gans kept both of tho hired girls right
on through the Summer, when others
were cutting down their household ex
penses. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission remained awake almost all of
one afternoon in the latter part of June
and then adjourned subject to the chair
man's call, which is expected in 101.1.
"In a literary way things were fairly
active, but nothing exciting. Mr. Rocke
feller wrote his business reminlsvenses
and Mr. Morse told his, tinder oath,
both gentlemen reserving the option of
holding tack a few things from time to
time. Mr. Morse got 15 years. President
Roosevelt was induced to close a con
tract at SI a word for all words, while
the published essays of John Quincy
Adams were marked down on the fec-ond-hand
book stands to 10 cents per
large calf-bound duodecimo volume, only
slightly used, thus showing one of the
ail vantages enjoyed in a literary sense
by a live President over a dead one."
"T'was a good year for sportln' events,
too," put In the House Detective.
"It was that." agreed the Hotel Clerk.
"In the domain of sport things were ex
ceedingly active. Take football, for ex
ample. Harvard beat Yale no, not tie
Yale preparatory lads, but the regular
Yales and the Army beat the Navy,
thereby emphasizing tho need for the
stronger Navy we've been hearing so
much ta!k about, and Yonkers High
School put it all over Yonkers Grammar
Grade and a strong all-American team
was picked by the experts of the East
ern newspapers, including one substitute,
from Michigan and giving a University
of Chicago lad honorable mention. The
rest of the selections were from the
Ksstern colleges, the same as hereto
fore. In other branches of sport tilings
moved at a lively rate, lt's see:
notch threw Hackenschmidt and Bryan
threw Haskell and Roosevelt got a hlp
lock on Foraker. but failed to touch his
shoulders to the mat; Flannagan put
the 16-pound hammer I don't know how
far, but Taft got it back in ample tims
to dent Uncle joe Cannon a couple of
deep dents with It; James J. Corbett
came out In a new play: Merkle failed, to
touch second (didn't fall in the New
York version): Mike Dunlin went into
vaudeville; Nat Goodwin married again;
several new theatrical angels took a
long chance: and little Johnny Hayes
did well abroad, but in responding to an
encore on the home grounds, fell down
hard and severely sprained his Mara
thon trophy. That'll do for the sports.
Outside of our own country tho world
moved along about as usual. The war
in the Balkans was a trifle slow owing
to backward weather conditions, but
developed finely toward the latter part
.. - .?.....,,. rhpri heinir a total
or trie .-onio.-.. i
casualty list of one Kurd badly crippled 1
tree Her gifts this year seemed partl.-u-
' ' . V....1 mi.
larly valueless, anu as m--.
able to save anything from tlie house
keeping fund she feared the children
would be disappointed.
I.ate in the afternoon on Christmas eve,
when the pretty tree had received its last
hit of tinsel trimming, the candles had
been all placed and the popcorn and
cranberry chains twined in and out
among tiie green brandies, there came a
peal at the doorbell. Mrs. Mullen opened
it and called to Klizabeth excitedly.
There stood an expressman with a big
box addressed to herself, and when she
and Mrs. Mullen had pried off tlie cov
ers, what was her juy to timl all tiie
lovely things she had longed to give her
loved ones the silk muffler, the two big.
beautifully dressed dolls. Willi rejl hair
and eyelashes: a football and a pair of
skates, a pretty chamois ball for baby,
and a pair of gloves for herself. And
wit hln an envelope bearing her name
were a ten-dollar gold piece and tha fol
lowing letter:
Dear Kittle Girl: When my brother
left your home the other day, he had, all
Oiseau Is Sold for $20
Great $30,000 Race Horse Hrlngs Less 'Hutu Spavined Mule.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Oieau has been sold for The great
racehorse for which "Diamond Jim"
Brady once paid H.0(iO was knocked
down for this paltry sum at an auction in
Kentucky a few days ago.
Time wa.s when Oiseau was one of the
great names of America. As a tvo- ear
old he all but swept the boards with his
victories. In his three-year-old form he
was a candidate for the championship ot
the turf. There were giants in those days,
and Oiseau ranked as a worthy rival of
Sysonby, Artful. Irish Iid, Wutcrboy,
The Picket and McChesney.
A proud and beautiful creature tie was
in the glorious days of his prime, his
neck arching witli power, his eyes bright
with riotous vitality, his silken chestnut
skin shimmering In the sun. his logs of
fawnlike slciulcrness and grace seeming
to spurn the earth as be moved.
What a picture he used to make as he
caracoled and curveted on his way to the
post, ills royal blood lines showing in
every curve and line of his perfect body!
What fortunes were risked with the gam
blers of the betting sheds whenever lie
faced the starter's flag! What silence,
as of death, used to hold the crowded
grandstands, when out of a smother of
dust at tho head of the stretch. Oiseau
shot into view for a neck-and-neck duel
bomo with some fleet rival!
What cries would arise of "Oh. you
Oiseau!" and "Come on. Oiseau!" cries
of hero worshipers as the gallant chest
nut crept up. inch by inch, from the
smoking flank of his foremost competi
tor to .saddle girth and from saddle girth
to throatlatch and. coming through on
tbe rail, fought out the battle with bull
dog courage, nose and noso. nod and nod.
And what terrific cheers always thunder
ed to the sky when Oiseau swept under
the wire a winner, with the kingliest
thoroughbreds of the turf trailing in dust
and defeat behind him!
But the days of hUs glory soon passed.
Ia the victories of other famous hor.cs in
succeeding- years Oiseau was forgotten.
Few knew what had become of him until
his sale reveaJed that the utiromantic
years intervening since his old triumphs
had been passed in munching blue grass
on a Kentucky farm. And when this
veteran of turf battles was led into the
auction ring there was but one bid
a sum any self-respecting livestock dealer
would spurn if offered for a spavined
mule.
The world is full of men who have
struggled and won in flnajice. in trade.
In the professions, men who have
mounted to sunlit heights of power or
ami scvcru I clio srs badly 1 rihtrnrd.
President Castro f our sister republic
to the southward was threatened with
bornba rdmeni twelve or thirteen time?,
lie. forgets whieli. and so do T. llnytl
rnjoyed tho .regular Kail and Winter
revolt! t ion, exeha npinjj;- a 1 i cor iee -entered
ruler for one, with a complexion
like a yellow clarinet that would match
the new pulden oak dining-room furni
ture in tho President's pa hire better.
'Jne Czar of Russia was not pestered!
much by life insurance agents and th
KiHK of Spain had his photograph
taken several t4n.ps, showing? that ho is
still wearing- his lower jaw quite somo
distance from the rest of his face. Tur
key got a new constitution, but after
Intense suffering w:is reported con
valescent at last accounts. In India
upwards of 2,000,000 of infuriated Par
ages and Hindus and other sects fcot
all ready to revolt, but something
came up. a white policeman I think ic
"A- a s. and they h u r r i ed 1 y d i s pe rs e d to
their respective homes and hid under
the bed. KuIaiM arranged, tu enlarpo
her navy and Germany took steps to
reduee her Kaiser. The French r'
inn hied at peaeo with everybody ex
cept each other and their yiiy capital
was tilled all Summer with New York
society people, who wouldn't have been
there if it hadn't been for South Da
kota amending the divorce laws. Sioux
Kails' loss was Varis' yain. Sweden
exported the customary shipments of
parlor matches, servant jjlrts, tish and
flat janitors, and Switzerland contin
ued inland throughout the entire 12
mon t hs.
"Yes. sir; taking her all around,
I-arry, she was a g'uod. suund. safe anl
reliable year and I don't mind speak
ing a kind word for her even at this
late day,'
"D'ye look for much excl lenient In
Xineteen-nine?" asked the House De
tective. "Well. Teddy's g-ning to Africa ami
that oukIU to help some," said tho
Hotel rierk.
"f wonder will he miss T.oeb much?"
said tin; House Detective.
"I shouldn't think so." said the Hotel
Merk. "Any time lie should pine for
I -oeb he can tft practica liy the n mo
results hy shooting one of those secre
aiy birds."
Illind.
Houston Tost.
She cm fry a. stark uf t.aitrr rakes
And mix a bau-h of bread.
And run upstair a d 17.11 times
To Ktt tlie kids nut of li'd.
And vlie ran toast a I'.af e-f rfad,
And cook mt'PS "T 1
And do ail of Uioe. tilings at on"
And do them all with cafo.
And y,?t men no down town of night
And take in w ude i c.
And sit down In the hald-head row
And Boeder t tho U i ! J
Of enmc hotOKeijue wonur.
And givrt him repealed 01! In,
!BtM-aiie lio JtiK'les in ihe air
A biiiuh of ruuU-r halls.
at once, grown very homesick. Ha had
no place to go. and mi, almost uncon
sciously, walked toward th depot, and
arriving there, happened to put his hand
in that Inner jiocket and drew forth a
ten-dollar gold piece. Acting upon im
pulse, lie stepped up to a wimlnv and
bought a ticket for home. There was
just enough. And so lie came back to
us-mother and father and I. And. oh,
little girl, how glad I am that you re
minded him of inc. his sister, Nellie, and
that you giivc him some gingerbread,
wlii.li made, liirn think of mother, and a
coal with a fur collar, like his father
used to wear. As for the ten dollars. hi
just, borrowed that, of course, and 1
now returning it to you. And mother
and 1 and he have visited a great many
beautiful shops, and have chosen theso
tilings fur tli- children for Kdllii and
Judith mid Tommy ami Ha by with our
dearest love. We wish you a merry
Christmas, and thank you again and
Hi;ain for sending our truant home. Tho
Fairy Oodniut her."
Nor was that tlie last of that wonderful
tcn-d"I!ar gold piece. ltut that is all
that lias to do with Christmas.
fame or fortune, l-'or these busy men .f
affairs the fa In of a horse is. jierbaps.
without interest. Still the fact remains
the odd little fact of tlie Kentucky auc
tion, pathetic, tragic and yet almost
laugha iile -
Oiseau sold for $-0.
Kxiiibit of Skull r Mo.art.
Kins. is t'ity Journal.
"If we were .'ill coustii ut"d like If.nn
let, and could handle a rkull as philo
sophically as If." writes "A nii!ii"n
talist" In a Hamburg paper, "we ci.iil.l
vlMt the Mozart museum at ."l:i"!vg,
enjoy the sights it ofTcrs and le.c.e Iher.,
without tintling any fault. I'nforlunate
ly, however, wo are not s i cold, and
therefor., the protest which 1 rnlv.
Among the Mnzi:rt souvenirs which nri
pointed out to the visitor. In the sail'J
line with the old piano, letlcrs. manu
script music, portraits, etc.. is tlie skull
of tiie great master. II maliei.; li'tta
wliet'i r the skull Is really that of th
composer or one usi d for show pur
poses. The fact remains that in tin
Mozart town, in Salzburg, there secmr,
to lie no om; who can make the el;.
fathers believe that the e hihil :on dem
onstrates a lack or ri vcrene.; which
shocks iiiany people."
Tlie Fatal Wooing.
P'iiln0lp!iia J'ul He l.'-'lK"r.
T love." remarked a troubadour.
"A iiml'l to wheel I -inn
I'l-.ni ilnun f.f day til nlcln Is o'er.
But she's Ihc roughest thin-'.
"When I bcne-ih h-r lattie- hand
ltr out s-e-t niiiistr,l.-"
,Sh.i ce lv peep, th rbo.vnward. and
l'l-ojccleih bricks at me:
"And ye-icre'en th while I sunt
Tle iic.t of all icv sto k.
Sh bexkonfi 1 npproaeh-i1 -nd Kami
Mic squ-i-hcd me with a rok!
" 'TU awful, eh? f a sont-tunr.- thUKht
Far from my love to stray.
But, nh: sueh plan? svi all me nauffht,
I cannot go away!
"In fact, I'm off. I mult aver.
To won her even new,
Thou-lt deadly apprehensions stir
My heart and bleach my brow.
"For ah! I fear me murh that h
On horrid mi-rhlef bent
Will do me some fell injury.
Aye. fell! and permanent!
"Yet. yet " Off went that lovelorn wight
To seek his sweetheart srlm.
And his presentiments wure right
Ihe lady marrlsd him!