You Klsxcd >le.
I:V U -H HIM. I; iil NT.
The following poem wart written
in 18f>7, # when the auth >r was a
voting lady under twenty It was
addie-st d to a certain young gentle
man. the hero of the occasion por
trayed James Red pith thought >o
neil >f the poern that he one* 4 pub
lished ati edition on white satin rib
bon. Whittier wrote of it and its
voung author that "-he had tiulv
%» O
mastered the secret of Fnglish vers
es. ' Ft is reprinted now by request :
You kissed me ! my head
Dropped low or' your breast
Witlra feeling of shelter
And infinite rest.
While the holy emotions
My tongue dared not peak
Flashed up in a fi iirie
From my heart to my cheek.
Your arms held me fast
Olj, your arms were so bold !
Heart beat against heart
In your passionate fold.
Your gl"nces s emed drawing
My soul through my eves.
As the sun draws the mist.
From the seas to the skies :
Your hps c'ung to mine
Till I prayed m mv bliss
They might never unclasp
From the rapturou- kiss.
You kisst d me! my heait
And mv brenth and my will.
In delirious joy
For a moment stood sti.'l.
Life hud for me then
No temptations, no charms,
No visions of happiness
( hitside of your arms :
And were I this instant
An angel possessed
 )f the peace and the joy
That are given the blest,
f would fling my white robes
I npretc ntingly down,
I would tear from my forehead
T's beautiful crown.
To i•» >1 !e  nee 11101 e
f fiat lit aven of r« st.
Your lips upon mine.
My ht ad 011 your br ast .1
You kisst d me ! my soul
In a bliss so divine.
Reeled and swooned like a drunken
man
Foolish with wine.
And I thought 'twere delicious
To die there, if death
W uld c'ine w liile my lips
\Y« re all moist with y air bii :t h .
tl my 11« :• 11 might grow cold
While your arms clasped me round
In their passionate fold.
No sw» ttt r joy could be found.
\i.d these are the questions
I ask day and night:
Must my hps taste 110 more
Such exquisite delight
Would \oil care if your breast
Were my shelter as then,
\ndif \ 011 w (re here.
Would you kiss me again '
V % 1 M I I v ri.n in* l M I K.
I lie Method h> YVliicli tin* I*o\
(.« t V*»i*t.un r to l.caM' iiti I u
protit.it>!*- Town.
 e tl :i:g I like about these
lv I.l* i.is of the 1 ioad is that thev
r* *
ale  r» at fellows for secret societies.
of tin drummers belong to
v\ el \ thil g ll A s !. .. fl 011 l tlu
• (irand Kl. ,1 is . f the Diane u I
(lai t r." !- w • : ' "Si is~f Ti
tt 1; } t ' 1 ; -te a l.ait
foi all sin 1 i \ s{« s tl»ii js n;%
-Oif. o 1 Lit s, •. • I tit 1 'Vs.
M\ old ! I * '• i 1 t 1; .»-d '
me tot let r 1 ;..y I> ■ « ■ t ;a: \
di ugs and to 1.0 « : \\ •1. ; ;
a ; o] \ o'd tin  V ~t- we wcie
set tin in tl.t t!t * - ;• came in
and wantt I ti I -m v >-« • accunt
of art u.itta! - a • t ■ : '• 4' to !iim as
i. e«\jll tt d. It 1i n 1: \ i
kept to It 1d w ' w.!tif gs( I,t
in the day bef rt Iy•' . 1 i;:y Mdn
tire. but I never .tl.t it c \cept to
drummeis. He said: 'ihats me.
I gave him the grand hailing sign of
an Odd fellow, which he tumbled to.
Then I came the L;!tat "hair in the
soot'' grip of a Pythonic. lietumb
bled. Then C 100k gave him the G.
15. of the Sons of Malta He was
on to it. Then I gave him the hair
poking signal of a Good Tippler.
He smiled and said "H. O." This
is a chemical term, meaning "'waters.
Then Cook stuck out his hand and
gave him the noted P. I). Q sign of
a Royal Arch Brick Mason. He
"got thai" on that. Then Brook
ston examined him as follows, to
make sure that he was a drummer:
"Fi oiii w hence comest thou, pard ?"
"From the Lodge of the Holy St.
Johns, Michigan.
"\\ hut seek ye here to do
"To seek a few orders aud collect
a bill of Bilsom"
"Then you are a drummer?"
"I am so taken and accepted by
all the boys."
4 'How may I know yon to be a
di ummcr '
"By my cheek and my fifty-pound
sample case. Try me."
"How will you be tried?
"By the square
''Why by the square ? '
"Because the square is a magis
trate and an emblem of stupidity."
"Where were you first prepared
tt; be a drummer ?"
Tij my mind."
''Where next?"
'*ln a printing office, adjoining a
legular post of drummers.''
"How were you prepared ?"
"By being divested of my last
cent, my cheek rubbed down with a
brick, a bunion plaster over each
eye. and a heavy sample case in each
hand. In this fix I \vas conducted
to the door of the post."
"How did you know it was the
door, being blind ?"
1 "By first stepping in a coal scuttle
and afterwards bumping my hea l
against the door knob .'"
1 '
"How gained you admission ?"
"By benefit of my cheek."
f 'Had you the required cheek''"
"I had not, but Steve Oars had it
for me.
"How were you received?"
"011 the sharp toe of a boot, ap
plit il to my natural trousers.''
"What did this teach you ?
"Not to fool around too much
"'\\ hat happc lit d next ? '
"I was st 1 down on a cake of ice
and askt d it I } ut my trust in me
chanical 1 ej 01!s."
"A oin answ  1 ?
"Not if 1 1 now myself, I don't".
"How- was \. ur next handled ?"
1 "1 was Jut st 1 addle of a goat
made out of a -\ }. ami trotted nine
times around the room by four wor
thy brothers, and then bro't in
front of the Left Bower for further
i n st 1 uetion.
"How did he instruct you ?"
"To approach a customer in three
upright, regular steps, with my bus
iness card extended a 1 a aiiL'le.
o o y
my arms forming a perfect square."
"How was you then disposed of ?"
"I was again seatetl 011 a cake of
ice in front of a dry goods box. and
made t > take the following horrible
and binding oath :
"I. Charles S. Robinson, do here
-1 v and herein most everlastingly
• o -
and diabolically swear, by the Great
Bob I ail 1 lush, that I will nt-ver le
\talfUid always steal all the trade
secrtts I caii fi!" the use and benefit
of this Most A list Order. And I
further swear, by the The Bald
lb It d Jack if  1;1 s. that I will
n• \t 1 \1 . «.:• ■ . n.ake. ho.d. t1 k•
1 r tut 1 riot s1■. u the regular rates.
A: .1 '1 : sv a;. b'V the Pipe: -
.t 1 t . ' '.l M -s»; s, to ne\  r
i .w ii y ':. i :1. il ilt alii _ s wit),
any », 1 i.s if, . rc r graml
motht r. el i m;;i 1, aunt or upcie. u:
less t:>y. •. • i >:.e is s, >und on tl •
goose, landing n.vselt under 1.0
Us.- .i pt-uahy than t-> havt my grij -
sack slit f:- t : t • bottom, mv
tin ty shirts ul i st h ks taken out. ami
my leputation removed and buried
j'iu the river of Pearl street bridge,
where the Salvation Army el bs ami
flows every two ar. # i one-half hours.
' So help me Bt b fngers 11. ai 1 keep
me in backbone.
**l w»9 then what I m
ueedetl.
"What was \o12! i i'.\
'MOUPV.
**\\ 1. »t di'l \ i n hebu.tl 4
"A copy of Dunn A (' i*-i »i t
open at chapter 'Muskegon/ Cpon
toe open book .i t.i of drug
sca'fin oi.r- r. it f whirh ie; -el
» 2
ten pounds of e.i 11 :».t* ■ 1 !\». ;i: I
in the other sat :i -nrdi -il\. r jack-
Ess.
hat did this einlj'eui Ms*mfv '*
O «
"The scales indicated the balance
between debtor and creditor. The
other emblems r« pr. rented the liea
bilitie> and of bankiupts."
"Did ti.is t»-a ii \ »u anv lesson ?
101 l bet . I . r tlii* tl.e I act
that the formet ar» r ,- nprally so al
mighty much t t. itter."
"Shake: I'rothfi ' * - Willi
you be (•!}'n - fj om
"Hot IJ, il I i .ii l;. \ n.onev
enough to t - : - a . n."
''Have \on ai.;  .. -
"I have.
"Give em to i i
"I did hot "j i•> i> • . :It lu i
tt ill I .-(> Mi,| til
"How \s . .
"On i»ixtj i
cent, cash f. o. b
"All rght. b
"Xo, begin vow."
No. you bc-ij
"I p" '''Em" . i.
*' - et '« 1 i "
• T I
si»n are rm .
o ts
i.s a yar»l wlib a , ,j
can bit m] '■
Brother Ci
lt*nt 11. e el . ]
many thanks a i
Now y u «
t v »
hell, il ti
I 1
dead broke at;
these lit!h
I**-? e.
Mi. X. IT. rn.l ; .
Ala . wi it« - : I ' r.
in veceommendii 7 V ' \
i , °
Discoverv f >r (Y.j in
» ° «
used it for a 1  v n alia* . of JJron
chitis and Catanh. It  ,i\e iae in
stant l eu'ef and * i.ill i \ t~i t.] nie
and I ha \ e n ; been affiit t 1 sine.
I also beg to >tat e • 111 a I T ha 1 tl'ild
other remedies with no bI r -ai]f.
Have al>o u-td I.arti  j'uttei ai. 1
Dr. King's X y T.ife I > i■' .It 1 : of
which I can recomim nd.
Dr. King s Xeu Diseoverv f>i
• Consumption. .] ('olds, i
. sc»]tl on a positi > eg,:;;. ant' e.
I 1 I'i. 1 »Ot t( > il e* at I i(iVsl1* 1 s
Dru;; Store.
i
1 acts Vhotit New spaper Headers '
II countrv newspapers were to
.
publi-h the name* of subscribers
I take, read and enjoy, and are
gratified by, yet refuse to pay for
their home papers, the reputation
of most communities for moral hon
esty. would depreciate ten per cent',
says the New YoikSun. An editor':*
labor is seldom esteemed or compen
sated. A lawyer will give jou live
minutes' advice on a topic ami charge
YOU s.) for it. An editor will give
° i
you advice on a hundred topics, and
charge fi\e cents a copy for his pa
, per. and very often five cents given
to an tvlit' r wtu:M -ave five de'.iais
givei. to a' r>\\(i lii ! :
I•i«MI;« -> - » ulii v # i > tii \ l  i •■ 4 ki. i
md itat ei tia : t:• ■:
A I
ital a> country i.» w.-paper pub'.i-h
-( r
ouilt rfi:i t nri
\\ i » H \t ai o. \ v i. »
\: till i' i •_ g; sI - ■ f I [ .i n e ia . :
We have l-n -e'.iing I>r Kn _ -
New] Discovery, Electric Bitters in I
liacKit n - An.: a > i.vc i« : f- !
yeai s. Ha\ e never handh dr€ medi -
tt.at >« .i a- U' u. « i give - it h i.:..-
versa: sat islai tion. I here have
i'ii ii s .• ■ w • -n»iei'fu. c.'ll s  !•».'te i
by these n> dicnes in this city. Sev
i eral cases of pronoooced Consuni|
tion i.ave been ti.tiic.y cured by
f a few I .cctric Bitter. We guar
t!.l6e them always. S !d !v( >. M
j Royster
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