Show v o I AN ANOLD OLD MAIDS MAID'S LAMENT So Miss Is ia doomed to be a sour old maid My Iy name sounds rather sour but I am not so bad after all I suppose I am discarded discarded dis db- dis- dis carded tho the when I was young I wasso was wasso wasso so busy with my duties at home andIn andin and andin in helping my neighbors that I hard- hard thought of the social whirl and when I r became more prosperous and my only near neighbor was also quite dependent But then he al always always always al- al ways seemed like a brother to mo I Ibo bo boght ht his fruit trull vegetables and sorghum sorghum sor sor- sor- sor and he came to me for tor al alfalfa alfalfa al- al falfa seed or anything he be did not raise While we visited danced and went on excursions to the canyons together I never thought of Mr Oak OakCreek OakCreek OakCreek Creek as other than dear friend But when young Lynndyl came out and settled only five miles from tram fromme fromme me my hopes brightened I sold him milk eggs and butter and fed h his 8 cows and horses until his land started started started start start- ed to produce Now he Is a promisIng promising promising promis promis- ing young rancher and stock grower also owning stores stores' amusement halls and other valuable real estate He HeIs Heis Heis is a n. prosperous promising young man but he never forgets his old friends He dances with me some Bome sometimes sometimes times and invites me to shows and ball games and and I am proud and happy to have been able to help one ne neso so worthy One Ono day the train stopped on the desert deBert east of ot Oasis Oasia and lind there in fn the sagebrush after atter a noble struggle Delta was born and when the other otherwise otherwise otherwise wise men came to pay him homage it Il took a detective and a blood hound to to find the promising infant The sky was overcast and w we could not see his star Neighbors were kind and fed him milk honey and choice fruits and vegetables And he grew so 80 fast he be has haa almost forgotten the struggle his good nurse had to get him through hns has Infancy Once I sent him some Ome large water watermelons watermelons melons and BOm sugar plums He was a lad then and knew what to do dG with them Well he has haa grown up and has haa quite a a family now how The neighbors have sent their sons and there to wed his promising y youngsters I have given all I could to the newlyweds and every thing was lovely until one day young Delta m made de honorable mention in lri public of ot all those young and old who were worthy of his attention naming every every ev ev- er ery single one In West Millard but poor old me And then when he In Invited Invited invited In- In all of them to Join him and his hla Folks pike on a excursion to Nevada and l left tt me out again it hurt I am not In need of ot entertainment ment for I can read and rock in the tho shade hade of my myown myown myown own apple tree hunt fish ride in my car car- carat at twilight so 80 1 I d n t What 1 ails alia 18 r st stores t- t Ma am am well trea treated your your pl playhouse yh use am comfor comfortably seated y your yur ur hotels a and restaurants t Ut t l leed an nl f care for me my coin is 18 w welcome every every ev- ev ev- ev ery eq where I love to see you ou grow prosper and enjoy yourself but ut even If f I 1 am over ovel 40 years old no n now love loveo ove ove to o be remembered by my YO young young- i friends I am not 1 jealous alous of ot you my dears I Just don don't dont t like It that's that J all MISS LEAMINGTON |