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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL, SUNDAY MORNING, .TTTLY 24, 1M
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REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
For Vice President
CHARLES W.FAIRBANKS
For Delegate to Conjrrcsi
B. 8. McOUIRB
THE STORY OF ESOPUS
AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
Iirtere&t in EBopus is deeper than it is in New York. This
is because tlw nam© seems to mean something, but nobody
has explained what. It has been successfully denied that
it has anything to do with tooth powder or breakfast food.
The suspicion that the name is connected with soap p/ob-
ably arose from the fact that the prominent citizen of the
town bathes. But this is also without foundation. The con-
nection between the name of the town and the prominent
citizen is in another coincidence rather than in the start-
ling fact that tho big democrat bathes. It is that Judge
Packer is an actor who can fool tho democrats aud work
them.
Eeopiii was named after Clodius Eeopus, a celebrated
lioman actor of the First Century, B. C. who was a contem-
porary of Roscius. Whoa acting Esopus entered into his
port with such fervor as to sometimes bo seized with a per-
fect ecstacy. Plutarch mentions a report concerning him,
while representing Atreus, that, deliberating how he should
revenge himself on Thyestes, he was so transported beyond
himself that ho smote one of the servants who was crossing
the stage and killed him on the spot. lie was dramatic
iutor of Cicero and befriended him in exile. His last ap-
pearance was at the dedication of Pompoy s theater in 55
B. C.; his voice thereafter failed. His folly in spending
money on expensive dishes made him as conspicuous as his
dramatic talent. He is said at one entertainment to have
had a dish filled with singing and speaking birds which
x>st $4,000. His son, Esop, inherited his father's worst
>aits. It was he who drank the $40,000 pearl dissolved in
vinegar, to be noted as having drunk the most expensive
known beverage.
So it is seen that the home town of the democratic nom-
inee is named after a real plunger. The heroic runs all
along through the story of the village on the banks of the
Hudson where the democratic nominee jumps off daily to
his plunge.
Esopus is a good old name. It means an actor, a four-
flusher, a grand-stander, a trumpet-toned spieler.
RUBE OGLESBY'S ROMANCE
AND THAT OF HIS TOWN
"Rube" Oglesby of Warrensburg, Mo., was until the other
day a livery stable .employee who walked diffidently upon
one good leg and ono piado of cork. He still walks on the
same legs. £ut he is now the democratic nominee for rail-
way commissioner of the state of Missouri. And according
to the tradition of that state from time whereof the mem-
ory of man goeth not to the contrary he will be elected to
that office.
The story of Oglesby is an instance of fate and opportu-
nity. Ten years ago when Oglesby was just a boy he began
to work on a railway that runs through his home town in
the capacity of brakeman. He had not been at work long
before a rotton box car broke under his weight on the iron
side steps and Oglesby fell beneath the rapidly moving
wheels and lost his leg. Four or five times the district
court awarded him damages in his suit against the railway
company. As many times did the supreme court of Mis-
souri reverse the case on appeal by the company. It became
a monumental case in Warrensburg. It was the issue of
Warrensburg against the supreme court and the railway and
the whole world.
For Rubo was a good boy who had been born and bred in
Warrensburg. He was poor. He was crippled so that he
could never twist brakes for the Missouri Pacific or any
other railway any more. And Warrensburg decided that he
had something coming to him.
The Missouri supreme court had become notorious for its
favoritism! and alleged susceptibility to argument which is
never, for political reason, in the form of a check on the
bank.
A year ago the supreme court threw the Oglesby ease out
of court. . It was reversed and rendered. The chance of
Oglesby was gone. Tho press of Warrensburg arraigned
the supreme court and the editor said things in his paper
that were probably too fierce and certainly not diplomatic.
The supreme court sent for the Warrensburg editor. The
press of Missouri took tho matter up. But despite the
showing of learned counsel sent to argue the contempt case
at the expense of a big Kansas City newspaper the editor
was fined $500. Warrensburg paid the fine.
It gave to the Oglesby ease a new lease of life—not in the
forum but in the hearts of the people. Somebody suggest-
ed that Rubo could probably collect what is coming to him
in one way if not in another. It was mentioned that he
would doubtless make an etHcient railway commissioner.
That was the beginning. The rest was finished at Jeffer-
son City the other day.
The campaign of Oglesby has been a work of love-by the
neonle of Warrensburg assisted by the sentiment of the
people of Misouri who are on the square and love an hon-
est man and a lover.
For it develops that Oglesby was a lover. It was shown
that his hope of making the Warrensburg girl his wife was
centered in either recovering a judgment against tho rail-
way or securing the office to which he aspired. For the
world of work has not much use for a laboring man who
has lost a leg under a train of corporation cars. He can not
do the things which he had learned to do.
But tho people—who are different from the working
world—took up the case. They, with the help of the War-
rensburg girl and her friends and the sentiment against the
supreme court and tho sentiment of Oglesby's story, have
given him the nomination. It was a rebuke to the supreme
court.
Oglesby will doubtless marry his sweetheart, be elected
to his oflice, and feel compensated for the long wait for the
judgment that was never affirmed. But those of the world
who do not forget in the way the world has, will wonder
if Oglesby will ride on a railroad pass and become a sup-
porter of the influences that havo been alleged to dominate
the Missouri supreme court.
INDIAN STOMP DANCES THAT
HAVE EVOLVED INTO RELIGION
To the white citizen who has been for years familiar with
the ancient and meaningless dances of the Indians on Ok-
lahoma reservations and in tho domain of the Five Tribes,
the announcement that these festivals have become camp-
meetings in some sections will be at once pleasing and sur-
prising. For tho Indian, who in other things is civilized,
has insisted upon indulging in dances that are not danceB
at all for so long that it has become an accepted theory that
they will go on forever. But the missionary has been work-
ing, and the seeds sown arc beginning to show results. The
stomp dance of one section of Creeks is this year a camp-
meeting. The songs from the hymnal are taking the place
of weird chants. The activity of the mourners' bench is
affosding physical exercise in tho place of the monotonous
walk-around of the old days. And the religious fervor of
the white brother is taking the place of the fanatical zeal
of the medicine man whose incantations are now changed
to enthusiastic hallelujahs.
It is probable that the Indians of the Five Tribes see
their finish as Indians and are coming gracefully into camp
as citizens of a sovereign republic. Education has given
them a better angle of vision and tho religion of the white
man has taken the place of the beliefs of the savage.
It is probable that there are old fullbloods who will never
grve over tljeir idea of the happy hunting ground. But
they will die some day. And the younger ones will have
just as much enthusiasm of the annual campmeetmg as
the old ones were wont to have in the annual stomp dance.
It may be that the seductivo strains of the Blue Danube
as learned and practiced in the social circles of the female
seminaries of the territory and tho waltz step, that are part
of the training in all of proper military academies for In-
dian boys have had to do with the improved order of danc-
ing that has made the old frenzy pass. This could pos-
sibly be developed into an argument in favor of dancing
as auxiliary to tho work of tho missionary. It is not neces-
sary to analyze the genesis of the transformation, however.
The fact that camp meetings have taken the place of stomp
dances is glory enough. If the younger Indians are given
to modern dances is another proposition.
OKLAHOMA FARMERS TAKING
DEEPER INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE
Fanners' institutes for every county in Oklahoma save one
are now well organized and working harmoniously. The
regular county institutes are supplemented by neighbor-
hood institutes in most counties. The membership of the
institutes is in excess of anything that was imagined pos-
sible at the time of the enactment of a law looking to their
organization. And the work that is being done by the in-
stitutes is valuable to the farmers of the territory.
Tho announcement of the board of agriculture that spe-
cial lectures will be provided for the regular meetings to be
held this fall and winter is an indication that the programs
will be more profitable than heretofore and that interest
in farming will receive a stimulus by reason of the better
programs.
Oklahoma farmers are enterprising and progressive; and
the institute system that has been inaugurated in connec-
tion with the board ot agriculture is going to make them
more successful.
Oklahoma is essentially a farming scction. This is at-
tested in the success that has rowarded the efforts of the
farmer. It is shown bv the vastly increasing interest'in
the agricultural and mechanical college and in the member-
ship of farmers' institutes.
li is expected by the leaders of tho farmers' movement
that in a few years the membership of institutes will em-
brace more than one-half of the actual farmers of the ter-
ritory. It is in the cooperation of farmers in learning and
exchanging ideas in their institutes that the progress of
their business will have its greatest stimulus. In the pros-
pect of now it may be expected that within a few years the
farmers of Oklahoma will have taken front rank in mat-
ters of progressiveness and modern methods.
THE RAINY SEASON HAS
IMPROVED IN OKLAHOMA
One interesting climatic condition in Oklahoma is the
occasional shower. The rainy season of Oklahoma may be
said to have passed. But the timely shower is still with
the crops to the great advantage of the latter. In every
.section of Oklahoma the reports show that showers have
fallen at intervals. No day has passed this summer that
has not seen a rain in some section of Oklahoma. And the
Oklahoma crops are all right for that reason. The occa-
sional timely shower is the greatest proposition in the suc-
ee^s of this country. The rains that are supposed to come
in the early spring and winter months are ample to place
moisture in the ground for the season. The showers for
the rest of the growing year do all that is needed in making
a crop. The present year has had a great deal more rain
late in tho spring and summer than former years. But the
mean precipitation has not exceeded that of the average
year.
It is the distribution that is changing. The summer
shower is a more common occurrence in Oklahoma than ever
before. It has been becoming more frequent for several
years. The cause of the summer shower is probably in the
change of climatic conditions duo to farming and the growth
of trees. But its result is making agriculture the most
certain of voestions in Oklahoma. It is setting a new rec-
ord for Oklahoma in the size and quality of crops produced.
A glance at the corn fields of Oklahoma now shows the
best sort of a prospect. And tho crop is practically made.
The cotton fields are smiling at the blue skies, and the
blossoms and squares indicate that the yields will be the best
over had in Oklahoma. Everything else that the Oklahoma
farmer produces will yield this season.
To the settler of the first day who remembers well the
aspect that August gave to Oklahoma the present picture
is proof of the climatic change that has made of an uncer-
tain proposition the most positively aggressive agricultural
winner in the west.
SEWANEE IDEALS DESERVE
THE WIDEST SUPPORT
"In accordance with tho laws of all life," says the New
York Churchman (P. E.), "Sewanee's most dangerous foes
will come from within, from those who would build not a
university, but an ecclesiastical machine to warp knowledge,
to soctionalize citizenship, and to sectarianize Christianity.
"Such influences have delayed Scwanee's growth, but they
have not sapped her life or impaired her ideals. At no pe-
riod of her history have university ideals more successfully
prevailed than at the recent commencement. The board
of trustees and the alumni association felt constrained to
act and legislate as guardians of these ideals. Commence-
ment orator and valedictorian, professors, and students, all
moved in the same atmosphere.
"It i6 because Sewanoe stands for these ideals that she do-
serves the widest support. She has justified her existence
and is needed in the church and in the nation; in the church
to break down the sectarian spirit, and in the nation to de-
stroy the sectional spirit, by tho overmastering power of
the university spirit. At no point in the church or in the
nation can money be more effectively used in sustaining the
ideals that are most needed in our civilisation than at Se-
Of course it would be nice to see brethren dwell together
in peace. But the democrats of Oklahoma havo not yet
reached that point in progress. So it may be expected that
Delmar Garden will be all to small for the show Tuesday.
Guthrie's Carnegie library is a popular place of evenings.
But the crowd seems to prefer the outside. And the un-
welcome attention of loafers there to women who go to the
library evenings in a good field for police investigation.
Sorry that the democrats arc to be disappointed in the
fat frying experiment they inaugurated in nominating old
man Davis. It's remarkable how these old timers hang
onto their coin even in the portals of the dark shadow.
No, Clarice, the certificate of election will not be issued
to the nominee of the democratic convention at once. In
fact it may not arrive at all. But he can contest and be
allowed expenses to Washington.
Note with regret that Gorman has declined. The hopes
of the monopolies are thus cast down. It seems to be up
to Belmont. Maybe Cleveland will come to the rescue and
be chairman of the committee.
Today the usual Sabbath qi.iet will be marred by the
muttcrings of a coming Waterloo for most of the democrats
of Oklahoma—for only one of them can be nominated for
delegate to congress.
Can see where the proprietor of the new pink and gold
opera house at Oklahoma City is right in refusing its use
to the democratic convention. Art and strenuosity are not
good friends.
If the overzealous Indian Territory police should drive
the old family cow into the Texas fever section of Oklahoma
and she should die it might cause other complications.
Meanwhile the world is hoping that the stork will visit
Petershof and leave a boy. There may be hope for Russia
yet if the right sort of a man shall reach the throne.
It always happens that way. Just as the country was
forgetting Debs there comes Donnelly and a rennaissance
of the struggle that makes for nothing worth while.
Possibly the war correspondents of Oklahoma will now for-
get the Esop stunt for a time while forecasting the demo-
cratic convention and explaining how it happened.
In view of the dove of peace proposition that has failed
in the packing house strike it might be just as well to learn
to live without meat. It is said to be easy.
In addition to his zeal in the cause of Jones, Major Nib-
lack is superb at a graceful retort courteous. Think how
he got out of the St. Louis insinuation.
Now that Swallow has been notified and accepted the
average booze fighter will beware of his every swallow. It
may be. the approach of the last one.
By the way when was the last voluntary payment of an
obligation by one of the bonding companies that operate
in Oklahoma?
Now that the cotton is all out of the grass it may he that
the Oklahoma farmer will find time to attend church this
morning.
It is observed, however, that the intensity of the domo-
ratic campaign has so far had no effect upon the crop
outlook.
Chicago will now attract attention of the curious. The
packers strike there is becoming bloody.
Better buy your cigars for today's use curly this morn-
ing. The civic league is watching.
Where will the Oklahoma Esopus be?
CURRENT COMMENT
"Jeffersonian Simplicity."
New York Globe.
Our old friend 'Jeffersonian Simplicity"
* lusty legend which U part of the folk-
lore uf politics, and ut which hiatoriaua
have hacked In vain for a. century, is
Sromotcd to new honora—rained to tho
lgnlty of a poliUcal Issue. The follow-
ing plank Is among theme which Air. Hry-
allowed to bu adopted at 8t. Ixiuls:
He believe that one of the bent uieth-
oas or procuring sconomy and honesty lu
the public service is to have public olllc-
lala, from the occupant of the White
House duwn to tho lowest of them, re-
turned as nearly ua may bo to Jeffeiaon-
lau simplicity of living."
Jefferson a parents thin mother a Ran-
dolph; were of that Virginia aristocracy
which was the most exclusive, pretentious
and lea*t simple .. . li. ill- ^«■ i- .>1 in-
Atlantic has ever kuo ,n. When he caiuu
°. a.w.'' richest young man
of Albemarle county, and Uved, with
great oeremony at "Shedwell." the name
i.w Patrimonial estate, ills marriage
With the rich widow Martha Shelton,
brought him 40,000 acres, and 13& slaved,
and he builded "Montlcello," for fifty
years the most diulltiguUhed seat of pri-
vate hospitality In America. Montlcello
was an adobe of luxury, with retinues
of liveried servants iuuI formal behaviof,
a place where powdered wigs bowed to
brocaded allk and life went on ornately
under the' approving eye of its master.
Su,ck was Jefferson's slmplicty at home.
vyhile minister of Franca Jefferson
maintained a large establishment, ex-
pending his entire salary and drawing
largely on his own resources that his en-
tertainments might vie with those of bril-
liant Paris. No representative of the
united States at the French capital haa
ever been a more coiiSplcMous social tlg-
ure. While a member ot cungres and sec-
retary of stato at Philadelphia Jefferson
elegant residence in the suburbs,
with Hve horses and five men servants In
livery, including a French bullet'. He
imported a French cook, the first ever
brought to this country, and introduced
111.0 America flngcr bowls and other
fusnious which had met hi* approval In
I aris. The writers of his day dilate upon
the suniptuousness or His dinners, one of
the federalist congressmen remarked that
he "wished that the president French
politics were as good as his French
wines." Patrick Henry denounced him
on the stump as one who had "abjured his
native victuals." In Jefferson h corre-
spondence Is extant the Utter he wrote
to his .London agent Instructing him "to
search the herald s office for tho arms of
my family."
As preslednt, Jefflerson had a fine roach
drawn by four tnagnlticent horses, lor
which he paid fl.tlOO, a very large Mini in
those days, while, his coachman and foot-
man were clad In lively similar to that
used by the nobility of Paris aud London.
For two years after ho became president
Jefferson was ostentatiously slovenly In
his dress, and at tho White House Junc-
tions established what he called the rule
of pele-mele"; but during the other six
years, as at all other times during his
life, he conducted his household accoid-
Ing to the customs of the Virginian aris-
tocracy. Relatively, Washington sock,
is now more simple than it was during
Jefferson's time, and wnlle there is nun-
wealth there is less display ot the spirit
of caste.
Co-Eds and Race Suicide.
San Francisco Call.
The question of race suicide recently
brought into prominence in this country'
by President Roosevelt and by the fler< e
denunciation by President Jacob Gould
Schurman, of Cornell university, of men
graduates of college* who "dellherntcK
elect bachelordom" is of renewed Interest
In view of statistics lately compiled show
ing that men are far from being the only
offenders in that regard. In fact, the rec-
ord shows that college women commit
the sin of matrimonial omission evep
more than do the men.
Whether the cause for it is that tho
chance of being mistress of a household
with its unesthetlc cares of the kitchen
and other homely duties is less attract-
ive to the cultured cpllege girl than free-
dom therefrom, with a loveless life in pro-
fessional or other channels, is not known.
Or whether the prevailing idea that chil-
dren are becoming more and more un-
welcome. as evidenced by the "no < hil-
dren" signs put on city residences by
discriminating landlords, acts as a d
terrent upon the educated girl Js like-
wise difficult to learn.
At all events, that the Eastern college
Klrl Is less prone to give herself in ma'
rlage than the Eastern college m mi is to
take her is evidenced by the following
figures gathered by the secretaries of tl^e
principal women's colleges in tho East.
They show a variation of from one to six
girl graduates married to one in two
married, or an average of only about one
out of three:
College. Graduates. Married.
Radcllffe 864 108"
Baltimore
Holyoke 1.058
Wellesley 1/SfiO 457
Bryn Mawr 617 86
Totals ti. 17'! 2.101
The above shows Mount Holyoke far in
the lead of the other colleges, with about
one graduate In two man led. Wefiesl-v
about one in four. Baltimore about ono in
five, and Bryn mawr and Radcllffe about
one In six.
'That Is a much more astonishing rhnw-
ing than tho one recently made by Har-
vard men. who averaged about 72 per
cent married. President Eliot, of that
college, points out the serious fact that
the educated portion of the American
people not only fails to Increase the popu-
lation at all, but docs not even reproduce
itself. He gives as the reason In part
the fact that the nrotracted education
necessary for the professions delays mar-
riage beyond the ordinary time limit.
President Briggs, of RadrUffe, in speak-
ing of the subject says: "Of course the
college woman is less likely to marry
then Hie ono who has no desire for study
and has nothing else to take up her mind.
The women who coine to college pref>£
the fortune which an educated woman
has before her In the various professions
to a life of dependence. Then, too, col-
lego woman may be more fastidious about
the men whom they marry. In short, it
seems to me that the reports from the
various women's colleges show that wo-
men graduates are influenced by much
the same reasons that are affecting all
women to a more or less degree—the ten-
dency to economic independence rather
Uian turning to matrimony for support.
"it would be interesting to compare with
the East the proportion of women gradu-
ates from our two California universities
ho havo married, but we know of no
statistics at present available for tho
purpose."
OKLAHOMA PARAGRAPHS.
Grand republicans are arranging to give
a big blowout In September at which
the governor will speak.
Alva people like others elsewhere, are
talking about boring a hole In the ground
to see what is under them.
Since the 8hawnee Herald started its
over- the teacups column the work of the
Guthrie correspondent has been bum.
What the administration building needs
is a detective ty shadow the yellow cor-
respondents and locate the leaks.
Oil and gas prospects are so com-
mon in Oklahoma as to induce the Alva
Review man to head ail item "oil and gas
everywhere." * .
At an election at Bokchito, Tuesday on
the question of a school tax. the vote
stood <*5 to 24 in favor of the tax. Bok-
chito will have schools this fall.
The fad now Is for the commurclaLclubs
to send the story of the towns to the gov-
ernor for use In his report. But the gov-
ernor Is a pencil artist. *
Up at Alva the Friday night baiid con-
certs are the swell social functions of the
week. AlLof the pretty girls do the prom-
enade and the young men look gaUant
.The railroad e>dltor of the Watonga Kr-
liulille.tu in frandag up a Starr to show
that the chief trenblo with fiuttvte's yel-
low correspondents is the lack of ter-
minal facilities.
tlve Jument. Democrats think her a
Bellerophon—a regular Pegasus full wing-
ed; "Republicans know her to be a wlnd-
hroken, bog-spavined and foundered plaiu
old plug.
"Wednesday Caddo citizens voted to bond
the town for $]f,,000 to raise money to
build a good school building. The vote
was 1M to 15. None but tax-payers were
allowed to vote. As soon as possible the
bond Issue will be approved and the bonds
sold and work begun on the building. A
fine school system is now assured.
There Is the finest crop of oats being
threshed in the section of Caddo that
has been known for years. Corn is made
and is a heavy crop. All ears are fully
matured aud the plant is healthy. Cotton
is In fine shape, stalks well traded and
the plant has a good color. Season for
all crops has been extremely good.
Shawnes has a street railway line now
and tho News publishes this: The boys
who are placing rooks, bolts and other
obstructions 011 the atree( railway may
awake some morning and find a murder
( barge staring them In tho face. Buch
obstructions yre liable to wreck a car
and kill or badly Injure some of Its pas-
sengers, and the boys who put the ob-
structions on the tracks will certainly be
liable. It's too common a pruolice.
Okmulgee Demoorat: A trip through the
country east of Okmulgee has confirmed
the fact that the crop's are looking first
class. Cotton, while a little thin on tho
ground is growing nicely and much of it
is In bloom with stalks well filled. Corn
is fine as silk and will run from &0 to
M) bushels to the aere. The hay crop
will be good and cutting has.already com-
menced In some places. Taken all In all
the prospects are good for this fall not-
withstanding the bad weather a short
timo since.
'"When the 'Phone Bell Rings."
It's 110 difference what you're doing,
Whether you're asleep or ain't.
When the 'phone begins pursuing
It will catch you,—no complaints
For Its cull is strong and steady.
And it always r.nswer brings,
For you hurry with your "readyl"
When the 'phone bell rings!
O, it Interrupts your vision
Willi ii* long, unceasing howl;
It dispels your dreams elysian
With Insistence Tresh and foul!
O, It summons you at meal-tlincs
With a Joy that stays and clings.
Till you swear it's always de'll-tirncs
"When the 'phone bell rings!
It's no matter where you re straying,—
In the garden, barn or bed,
There's no time to spend in praying.
Or Iji placing, quick or dead;
And If Gabriel "In that morning"
Wants a good old trump that swings
Just let "central'* sound his warning
While the 'phone bell rings!
—Freeman 15. Miller.
The Childless Home.
If rose among.it its fellows, stately, tall,
a p^e trnlcn iniL'ht have boused a king;
a splendid, regal medieval hall.
But, Oh, a senseless thing.
Its costly draperies fell In formal fold;
No tiny hand clutched at their silk or
Its wide case*
la<
And 'gainst the plate
inent old
Was present no tiny face.
No rosy Unger prints did rashly mar
The glint of kIjss, the sheen of wood
or stone.
No restless feet 'long any corridor
Did patter up and down.
All that the coffers of the world could
pour.
Art's noblest treasures, curios rich and
rare
Find space within the mansion's ample
Of childless freedom and yonthful Joy.
No chips from off some priceless statue
broke
Proclaimed a romping boy.
No hat and scarf, 110 gloves flung hero
and there
Craved loving pardon every now and
oken anywhere
tliei .
There was
Of little t
Through the bright halls whose polished
vearlcd man oft' came and
m w hen he was not alone
woman lent.
is and spent with many Ills;
Pallid, she
self cent'
tent.
victim of that
The life
Pi'
which fills
This homeless home was all their pride
and care.
They guarded It with partial Jealous
And though* not happy were quite utv
That they had m
—Ma
■ d>
The Dusk Witch.
De Dusk WHch cum when do sun go down
E11 he prowl!
, En he prowll
En he prowl (
He shake de limbs In de tlmbeh firoun'
Till he w ike up Mlateh owl.
He draw his cloak cr.^s de sunset skies.
En he change de red to gray;
He blow his href en de swamp mists rise
Down deh wheh ho black mink stav.
Hush! Hush, ma honey, yo' bettah keen
still
WTho'r det callln' but Bre'r Whippe* Willi
De Dusk Witch cum In a hood ob gray,
En he roam!
En he roam!
lCn he roam|
Ho rouso'Bre's Cricket In do chlrnly clay
En de mole In de gahden loam.
H tech de stabs en dey lighten ua
De dewdreps staht to shine.
H" mak* det moon lak a big red cup
Hung up on de dahk sky line.
He wuk so swif In de Into twilight,
De Dusk Witch cum befo' Mis' Night.
De Dusk Witch cum when de day am da!A
En he files!
En he files!
En he fl!es|
He sir det saw' In you' trundle bed
Till It seal yo* 11! brown eyes.
D- bine* owl hoot in da cypress bougU
En de .brown bat eircle low;
De Dusk Witch cum foh Ah see him now.
Do doan rain' de walls noh do.'
Dess close up yo' eyes, mah ill brown
chap.
He dos'sent take yo' frum brack man'*
lap.
—Puck, 1
To My Next Door Neighbor.
(Mollis, aged 16.)
Oh. sweet of lip and bright of bro\ L
A veritable beam of sunshine thou. >
Thou drlftest In my darkened room-
Where languid on mv couoh I lie.
To Joy me with the gladsome light
That leaps within thins eye.
Oh. blue thine eyes and brown thy hair.
With a flint qf gold therein.
And 'neath thy laughter-loving lips
A pretty dimpled chin.
j Thy voice Is as the murmuring brook
That ron beside my child-home,
As thou cheesest me in thy friendly way
j And warmst my heart's chill gloom.
I Thou teachest me many a goodly thing
j That In my books I r.e'er have learned!
1 And one, that a pi— •
A hundred-fold
When I am sad with thought Insistent,
In thy, pretty way thou profferest
Pull largess of Friendship s booes
Thy gracious presence offerest.
Thou'lt plerrr and melt my darkest mood;
...— — ■■
God love and bless and k«*ip and save
her—
My dearest, my best, my next door neigh.
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