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Show " V "ftCrSSXl Slmplo Simon Simmons. Slmplo Simon Blintnons tVns a orful dunco! Couldn't rend nor llRKer Not Ilvp tlmi-a by oiicp! LotiB nn" lnnk nn' humloy, Slmplo Slnuiii wuz; Wheels Inside his top-knot Always on Hi' buzz! Walked n rou ml b' qucoi" llko, Studyln' of th" stnrs: llnd u Rnlt pocoollnr, . ' I.lko u pnlr n' burst AVhon yo nst him "Howdvo?" I-auclied nn' snld "Ho hoi" Foollshcr nn' nothln' Wust I over seel Simple Simon Simmons Stopncd th trnln that lilsht; Loaded down with people On th' home'nid'lllRhtl Down th grado cum "Sixty," Forty minutes Into Inst tiny of September, KlKhteen-nlnety-olRhtl AVnshout In th' gulch thnr. Side o' Simmons line) Nlpht was dark an' drizzly, Time, nlue-forty-nlnol Simple Simon Simmons Ilenrn th' cnjlno tootl Know'd th' rolls wns sprcadln', Pllln' Bono t' bootl Jos run out nn' MngRcd cr, Simple Simon did! Stopped th' whole keboodlo, Jlst nforo they slid Intir deep damnation Hut nine! for SI! Pilot struck him stnunchwlso Simple hnd t' die! Folks took on llko mothers Cryln' by th track. Hut th' nobs nnd whlmporln' Couldn't briiiR htm back! Sco that shnft out yonder Where the shndders He That's f show th' vls'tors How wo honor SI! 3 3 3 On State Street. After considerable dodging In tho crowd, alio caught up with lilm ngaln, and grasping his arm from behind cried out: "You don't lovo mo any more, or you would wait for mo In this mob BRFAK .WAV JL m mm h "YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANY MOnEt" and and besides you dldn t kiss mo this morning whon you " "I am sorry, madam," interrupted n strange volco, "but I'll do It now if you say so!" Heavens! Sho had hold of tho wrong man! Transplanted Jim. Jim Durns Is back fr'm No' York, Dill Cum ylstnday nt noon; Jim 'lows na how ho'd ruthor bo Tli' smallest cuss yo over seo night hero In Illoom, Than bo a klnir In that air placo Whore every one Is In th' raco To make things booml Jim says ns how he's glad ho wont A week ngo to-night. Ho saw a heap o' things t'tonch Him how to stretch nnd reach With nil his might; But, Bill, ho says that Bloom's tho town He's goln' to llvo In, sottlo down And hang on tight I You know Jim loved th' woods like sin; Jest lived among th' trees, A llst'nln' to th' birds nnd things. An" every volco that Natur" sings, Like liummln' bees! An'. Jim ho writ them nntural-wlso, An' put In sun nn' rain nn' sighs. Jest as ho plcaso! Some feller fr'm Ne' York he read Most over'thlng Jim writ. An' sent fer Jim to come down thar An' spiel his nateral things rer fair; FiJlks havo n flt About thom loaves and bocs an' elon An' Jim 'd git so big nn' rich Ho'd mako a hit) So Jim he sighed an' said goodby To these hero hills; Went out an' listened to th' broezo A slngln' music to th' trees, An' heard the rills A ruurmurln' to th' mossy banks-All banks-All Natur's creoturs at their pranks An' other thrills! Then Jim ho got nbonrd th' train A week ago to-night. An' went away to No ork state-But, state-But, Bill, I reckon it wns Fate That showed Jim light! An' made him humsick for th town In splto o any laurol crown Of pralso nn1 mlghtl Leastwise, most ov'ry ono Is Rlad That Jim s como hum to see his uadl 5 3 3 According to tho latost estimates In tho street cars it costs but ?9 to "furnish "fur-nish tho nest." Only $10 of thla is demanded down. "Wo trust tho people," peo-ple," is what tho cards sny. "With a parson who will mnrry almost for tho lovo of making others happy, with leap year and tho need of out ?iu, what maldon lady can not say: "KuroUa, I havo found it!" Bachelors who feur to try tho wators of matrimony leat thoy cannot stem tho. thlo, would bettor bet-tor take to the woods.immediately. |