Show A cflANCL POE ISTMN Chicago InterOcean Dear possibly Lizette romancy Tonight In fancy feeling Sitting her bsldo my chimney wIth the lJper and my pipe I observe you fUTed and feathered stepping step-ping from the polished leathered EaseInvitng little carriage Into Broadways Broad-ways tawny light And 1 am inclined to fOHowlke the ghost with Cootteps holow Tub you vanish with your escortwhom I must profess a sUck In the pressing crowd that seems bent on operatic Bres None m which shows recognition ot the shade from Cripple Creek So I again utter soft amen a I light my pip I And from distance see you seated In thc fashion well arrayed Hear almost your quip and chatter whats the subject doesnt matter Since your conversation varies from flippancy to staid vare But your eyes That little glowah I remember long ago When myself sat there beside you mInus conscience that would prIck When old Dad could wrie one line that made Ute seem all sunshine And I wasnt even worried by a thought of Cripple Croelt Then no mood however pensive found mo thinking it expensive For those gardens full of roses that you paid for with a smile tat For the bauble on our neckrepresented b1 Dads check Nor the spanking pair of trotters and the trap In current style Please dont think though this vagary that Im growing mercenary vagar But the truth is fortunes tckle when you woo with spade and pick Amid perhaps you may have red It lheres a system Debit credit Which prevails to some extent way out here In Cripple Creek For the painful truth Uzettc Is Ive been getting Into debt Ive Prospecting and promoting havent 1 panned as I believed So In retrospepUve dream Ive evoved a mining scheme By which 1 hope to demonstrate a valuo welt receive vaue To recoup I think I must organize a Sweethearts treat orgnize 0 So this plan I send In rlpUcate to Ethel Maud and Jon Tr in cash to realize Try relze on the presents that you prIze preent And become strightway stockholders II the Cripple Sweethearts Own For the sweet girl that you are I will let you I at par You may lgure as vice presIdent on gild ed letter head gld And though keenly I I have planned you must strictly understand That under all the circumstance the Issues lmlt d Come shal L put down your name Thcres no question uto claim All It needs ISch to work i there Is none lit Cripple Creek Tatcan show yoU In the end a more imeaithdividend i Its a lifetime cimancewimat say yop I await 4ouranswerDick I Ashton Vest i thtn J i |