Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1912 — The ONLOOKER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The ONLOOKER

WILBUR D.NESBIT

neke, OLD TINTYPE

He gazed on the oldtime picture—- * The tintype, faded and stained; And over his face crept shadows That showed how his heart was pained. ’Twas only an oldtime picture Of him, in the bygone days That loom now, ever so faintly 1 Through memory's mellowing haze. He sighed o’er the old, old picture, Dented and scratched and dim; And smiled at the maiden, dimpled, : ' Who sat by the side of him— The— maiden, dimpled and happy, H Who was pictured there, also; i The maiden who held his fingers In the style of the long ago. ’Twas only an oldtfme picture, •' ; , And taken in oldtime style— i Each held the hand of the other, And each wore a tintype smile. He frowned at the oldtime picture, The tintype, scratched and depressed "I wonder,” he muttered grimly, “I wonder who has the rest.”