Show y ir VC I. I 1 THE WIDOW she with her growing dim h Its ls l's a comfort said Bald eyes such husband as him r I For a widow to lose a i tri He was born in this town and I say It with pride He lIe honored the village the day that he died For Far hed he'd never been out of the country he said Ner out of ner out of his head I I So they had the town mershal to head the parade i And the constable spoke and the band played and played Yes added the Widow with a sigh good as the Fourth of July ib It most was as tr r- r rt t k Ho He was easy to manage Hed He'd sit for a year k y A me work and not once interfere when And And when work was scarce and not easy to find his heart was that kind Hed He'd seldom reproach me And well I remember him tellin the Court lIe He would ask no divorce for the lack of support loved well hed he'd not leave me alone alone- Fer he me so To face the cold world with no face but me own Now how could I help said the Widow r To cherish and work for a husband like that 7 He was such a deep student of men and affairs y lt l' l Hed He'd sit it with his feet in two splint-bottomed splint chairs A the almanac till he could quote It And all of Its symptoms as If it he had wrote it And though dreadful humored good-humored he h used to get mad If If It THE CLARION dropped out a Liniment ad Ner it isn't a boast for Its It's true PS s jouve youve heard Every barn In the township he knew word for word I ISo the Widow Im sure So theres there's nobody left len said Who had such a passion for lit lit-er-a-c er a I If only hed he'd hed he'd lived till the fifth of next May Hed He'd have been sixty five seven months and a da day But for half halt of his life he had nad seldom been sober And so he expired on the tenth of October And just as he left on the pathway to heaven Sa Says s 's he Molly dear Im I'm but seventy seven I B But t if it Id I'd abjured the Great Tempter said he Long Tong years before this Id I'd have been three eighty Its It's a mighty great comfort said Widow 1 I For Tor a woman to bury a husband like that Copyright ht 1918 1018 N N. E. E A. A J l. l |