Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1906 — LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY"

Woman. Twas evening and the chirping birds Had fluttered off to bed. The western sun was blending hue# In sapphire, gold and red. - He asked the maid to marry him—- - To be his own true wife. To tread with him the tangled ways That leads alway through life! She blushed and turned her eyes away— Those eyes of liquid blue— And flushed again as rosy red As marked the sky-line hue! -She wondered if she loved her knight? She wadh’t sure, she said. She questioned what the heart should say To bid a girl to wed! She liked him and was happy, too, When he was by her side— And yet she hesitated still From blushing as his bride! c Her thoughts were in a troubled maze— He gave her such a start, She couldn’t analyze her mind, She didn’t know her heart! He left her as the golden sun Was setting in the West, And made love to another maid And swore he loved her best! The one he wooed and left behind Mourned all through life her part. And when she died, the neighbors said, ’Twas of a broken heart!-