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Show . II ..!~ II By Olive r Wendell H0lmes II ,... ) .' I wrote. so nfr:: 1 in e s on c e on a ti .time •-~ In wondrou s rr:e rry mood , . 11 And thought, as usya l, men wou l d* say . .. II They were e~ce ed ingly good . .. ~' ·:.. .. Ten d ay s a nd ni ghts with slee p l e ss eye , I watche~ that wr e iched man. And sin~ e , I never da re to wri t e As funny as I ~an . -r J-J £ S;\ J'vJ E - ~, . ··r UJ\r_, '! _r . - II Th e y we re so quee r , s o v e ry oue.er , I l ~ughed a s I would die ; Albei t , ,in.the ge n e r a l way , A sob e r man am I . 11 I call ed my servarit , an d he ca,me ; How kind it was of him -" To mind a. slende r mar:i li lce iTI 8 • . He bf :'; 'th'e mt ·ghty ,lhnb·.· . '. i 11 ·1~ .n ! ' •~· t1 These-· to the print er,;' I exl~ claimed , · 11 And , in my humorous way , . 11 I added ( a s a trifling jest), JI "There ' ll be the devil to · pay 11 ,1c. 11 ,1 II He took the pape r , and I ·watched , And s aw h i m peep , within; At th~ fi r st line h e r ead , hi s face W_a s all upon the g ri n . H e read th~ next; i i !I :, Th e fourth; h e b rok e into a roar; Th e fifth; his wa istband split ; Th e si~th; h e burst five bu t tons off , And turn bled Jn a .J~ t . :·;i. L. "·"""· "·"""'· "" 1 ,._,._. "''' ;;.• C•'.11.·. ""' n II V . · , : · ;; v . . .. . .. Montague When Julius Ca e sar went to to wn To purcha s e st ea ks and chops and.such, He tried to bea t the butch e rs ·d own And ·;:,; wore . the i_,i:- . pri c s wer~. . · • · . ·· . too ' fotfc h ~ ·,, ... _ , . · •·" ,.·· ' ·' "Two c ents a pound for steak, 11 he · roar e d , 11 Why man, that I s nothing $h o r t of crime . You butche r s ar e a greedy horde. I t cost but one in Noah ' s time . W~en Ol l i e Cromwell ~ent to shop F or be e f a nd mutton and the 1 i '._,c e , ... He sa id if orices didn ' t drop He ' d sp i t th e butchers on a S"[J i~e. the grin gr ew broad, And shot from ear to e ar ; He re ,1.d the thi t d ; a chuckling nois e I now be gan to h ea r . 1 By J e.me s J . l! fl ii' 11 ·K· 11 •~ 11 Six .c e nts a pound for steal-c , • II " * n * II he s aid , 1 11 t ' s mor e than hone st men can pay . . You folks a r e rotl~ers , on the d ea d , r It cost but two 1n ~aesar s day !" ,& '• Today when we go out and find That beef is 80 c ents a pound We tarry the r e a nd ppeak ou r " mi nd, , {:• . And. s c a tt,e r: . savage words a:r,o u nd · i, " -~ ; - " i._;~~,;;,:~1~;,~{t~;,~ .;h,~,~;_ ,J;;,~~~,;.~~;i,~.~ n 1/ |
