. The world's speaker, reciter and entertainer for home, school, church and platform; recitations, readings, plays, drills, tableaux, etc. .. . nt up on number one,Thinking of nothing but Mary, And the train he had to run. And Mary sat down by the windowTo wait for the night express ; And, sir, if she hadnt a done so,Shed been a widow, I guess. For it must a been nigh midnight When the mill hands left the Ridge—They come down—the drunken devils ! Tore up a rail from the Mary heard em a workin And guessed there was something wrongAnd in less than fifteen minutes, Bills train it would
. The world's speaker, reciter and entertainer for home, school, church and platform; recitations, readings, plays, drills, tableaux, etc. .. . nt up on number one,Thinking of nothing but Mary, And the train he had to run. And Mary sat down by the windowTo wait for the night express ; And, sir, if she hadnt a done so,Shed been a widow, I guess. For it must a been nigh midnight When the mill hands left the Ridge—They come down—the drunken devils ! Tore up a rail from the Mary heard em a workin And guessed there was something wrongAnd in less than fifteen minutes, Bills train it would be along. She couldnt come here to tell us, A mile—it wouldnt a done—So she jest grabbed up a lantern, And made for the bridge down came the night express, sir, And Bill was makin her climb !But Mary held the lantern, A-swingin it all the time. Well ! by Jove ! Bill saw the signal, And he stopped the night express,And he found his Mary cryin, On the track, in her weddin dress ;Cryin and laughin for joy, sir, An holdin on to the light—Hello ! heres the train—good-bye, sir, Bill Masons on time to-night. Bret Hart«.. Copyright, 1004, by William H. Rau. AN INTERESTING YARN A very pretty tableau appealing to the interest of every one and subject to many changesand adaptations as occasions may require. NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE x6s LITTLE BREECHES. This famous poem was a great surprise to its author. MrHay deprecated the slang-poems of Bret Harte and wrote this inimitation of the latters style with a hope of causing a laugh at theCalifornia poet, and reversing the public favor for his work. Butinstead of turning the literary appetite against Hartes produc-tions. Hay was himself made famous and installed in popularesteem as a second Bret Harte. I dont go much on religion,I never aint had no show ;But Ive got a middlin tight grip, sir,On the handful o things I know.,1 dont pan out on the prophets And free-will, and that sort of thing—But I blieve in God and t
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