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THE 
 
 Legepd of the Gave, 
 
 OR 
 
 THE STORY OF EUPHRIDE, 
 
 BY 
 EMILY R. SCHMIDT, 
 
 HANNIBAL, - MISSOURI,. 
 
 1 
 
 1890. 
 
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 COPYRIGHTED, 1890, 
 BY 
 
 EMILY R. SCHMIDT. 
 
 HANNIBAL, MO. : 
 
 Standard Printing Co. 
 
 1890. 
 
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 51?e Qave, ar?d Jtouy to Ffea^ it 
 
 ANNIBAL CAVE, the second in size in the 
 United States, is situated one and one-half 
 miles south of the City of Hannibal. It is easy 
 of access both by river and rail. The C. B. & Q. 
 Railroad will carry passengers to within a few yards of 
 the Cave entrance, a commodious station being now in 
 process of erection at Cave Park. This park has all 
 the conveniences of a modern summer resort, base ball 
 park, dancing hall, swings, hammocks, etc., while its 
 mineral water is without a peer in this section of the 
 country, containing sulphur, salt, soda, iron and mag- 
 nesia. Mr. Z. Fielder, the present proprietor of the 
 Cave, contemplates erecting a large hotel in the park, 
 thus giving opportunity for accommodating summer 
 visitors, while a number of neat cottages will be 
 admirable for family use. The proprietors of the 
 Electric Street Railway of Hannibal also propose 
 extending their line from the Union Depot to the 
 Cave, affording a means of rapid transit for those 
 arriving in the city on other roads than the C. B. & Q. 
 The indications of the present point to a glorious 
 future for Hannibal Cave. 
 
 For full particulars address, 
 
 Z. FIELDER, 
 
 Hannibal, Mo. 
 
£he legend of the (^ave, 
 
 ANCIENT HISTORY. 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 'Tis a custom of the poets 
 
 That, when writing strange old legends, 
 
 And when telling lies outrageous. 
 
 They must find some other being, 
 
 Whether ghost or breathing mortal, 
 
 Whether tree or stone or river, 
 
 Who has told this tale before them ; 
 
 That, in case the patient reader 
 
 Should declare their gushing story 
 
 All a beastly fabrication, 
 
 Onto him who first had told it 
 
 All the blame might then be rested, 
 
 Unto him who first had thought it 
 
 All the censure might be given. 
 
 But if anything of merit 
 
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Lies within this new production, 
 
 Let the author have the credit. 
 
 Rightly he deserves the honor. 
 
 Now, if anyone should ask me, 
 
 Whence these stories, strange and mystic, 
 
 With the smell of lies about them, 
 
 With the scent of long, dark alleys, 
 
 Reeking o'er with mud and water, 
 
 With the gloom of cave and cavern 
 
 Clinging to them, hov'ring round them? 
 
 Answering, I would swiftly tell him, 
 
 From the trees along the river, 
 
 From the ripple of the water, 
 
 From the sticks and stones and grasses 
 
 Lying 'round the old cave door- way ; 
 
 From the rocks within the cavern 
 
 And the bats that fly in darkness. 
 
 And if any man believe me, 
 
 Think 'tis truth that I have spoken, 
 
 I would tell him, if I met him : 
 
 "Best of friends have you been to me, 
 
 (Though you're just a trifle stupid) 
 
 And I love you for your kindness, 
 
 And I trust I may reward you 
 
 With my narrative so thrilling 
 
 Of the cave below our city." 
 
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ghe. §tory of ljuphndd. 
 
 Would you hear a story ancient, 
 Hear a story old and wondrous, 
 Of how this, our famous cavern 
 Came to have its name so fitting, 
 Name so old and so historic ? 
 Now 'tis sometimes said, this cavern 
 Took its name from our own city. 
 But the one who thus supposes, 
 I must tell you, is mistaken. 
 Long before the great Columbus 
 Or his ancestors were dreamed of, 
 This great cave received its title, 
 With the baptism of the waters, 
 With the pouring and the sprinkling 
 And the dipping of the waters; 
 As the Father of all waters 
 Rolled about this infant cavern. 
 Now it happened, o'er the ocean, 
 That old Hannibal, the chieftain, 
 When he moved against the Romans, 
 Crossed the mighty Alps to catch them, 
 
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Took along one elephantum 
 
 To his heart most dear and tender. 
 
 And upon its back he seated 
 
 Euphride, his favored maiden : 
 
 Maid with glossy raven tresses, 
 
 Maid with eyes as black as midnight, 
 
 And her cheek the peach bloom tinted, 
 
 And her lips the deep sea coral. 
 
 Hannibal adored this maiden, 
 
 And to war with him he took her.' 
 
 But the elephant so stately, 
 
 As he bore his precious burden, 
 
 Lost his footing and did tumble, 
 
 Head o'er heels did tumble downward 
 
 Through a crevasse in the mountain, 
 
 With fair Euphride upon him. 
 
 Now such wonderful momentum 
 
 Gained the elephant in falling 
 
 That the bottom of the canon 
 
 Could not stop his swift advancing. 
 
 On he went and ever onward, 
 
 Till the earth grew hot and hotter, 
 
 And he feared to scorch Euphride,* 
 
 So he wrapped his trunk about her. 
 
 Thus a precedent's established 
 
 For trunk tragedies so thrilling. 
 
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When, of gravity, the centre 
 
 Was at last reached by this couple, 
 
 And no more they were advancing, 
 
 All their gravity forsook them, 
 
 And they kicked and tossed and tumbled 
 
 Till the old man at the hot place 
 
 Said they were to wild to suit him. 
 
 *Well, it is distressing quite, 
 
 Name to use here in my song, 
 
 That my muse, in her first flight, 
 
 For the rhythm, must accent wrong! 
 
 Though her name is iiMphride 
 
 Still EujMrzde we will shout 
 
 When a tyrant muse we see 
 
 Turning English inside out. 
 
 Gave them one great kick and sent them 
 
 Onward, upward, slightly northward 
 
 From the place, of all the hottest. 
 
 Thus they sped still on and onward 
 
 Till the roaring of great waters 
 
 In the far off darksome distance 
 
 Gave a promise of refreshment 
 
 From the heat and thirst they suffered. 
 
 Then a gurgling noise did greet them, 
 
 Like the sound of soda-water 
 
 As it foams into the glasses 
 
 ri. 
 
Down at Charley Heywood's drugstore. 
 
 'Twas the roaring of the water 
 
 As it rushed down through our cavern ; 
 
 But on Zion's lofty mountain 
 
 Found they refuge from the waters, 
 
 Found relief from all the waters. 
 
 So they called it Mount of Refuge, 
 
 For it saved them from the waters. 
 
 Now in modern times, the people 
 
 Have this name changed, to Mt. Zion, 
 
 For what reason I'll ne'er tell you. 
 
 Then the elephant proceeded 
 
 To prepare a habitation 
 
 Fit for Euphride to dwell in. 
 
 With his great trunk drew he water, 
 
 Washed and scrubbed and cleaned the mountain, 
 
 Made a place for her to sit on 
 
 In a niche within the rock-wall. 
 
 When the place on Mt. of Refuge 
 
 Had been fitted for Euphride, 
 
 Poor old Mr. Elephantum 
 
 Had to sit down, dumb and helpless. 
 
 What could he give to this maiden 
 
 For to save her from starvation ? 
 
 How protect her from the waters 
 
 Rolling damp and chill about her ? 
 
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True his trunk might be entwined 
 All about her slender figure, 
 Thus to keep her from the coldness. 
 While he, sore perplexed, sat musing, 
 Lo, a light gleamed in the distance. 
 O'er the waves, so dark and turbid, 
 Was a boat soon swiftly speeding, 
 Straight it made for Mt. of Refuge, 
 And in just another instant, 
 Stood a being there before them, 
 Such as Euphride had ne'er seen, 
 Such as e'en the elephantum, 
 In his forest home in Asia, 
 Ne'er had seen in all his wand'rings. 
 This strange guest had an appendage, 
 Long and thin and curling upward, 
 And his feet were like the goat's feet, 
 And upon his head, so human, 
 Wore he horns like those of bullocks. 
 (Now when Mr. Elephantum 
 Struck, stuck in, and passed the hot place, 
 All the glare down in the hot place 
 Had so blinded his poor optics, 
 That he did not see the devil : 
 And with care he had enveloped 
 Euphride's fair face and features, 
 
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Lest her beauty should be lessened 
 In their passage through the hot place, 
 Thus she too escaped beholding 
 Him who rules the realms of Hades.) 
 Euphride beheld this monster 
 And she screamed and cried with terror, 
 And for fright, she must have fainted, 
 But the elephant so gallant, 
 Gained her side and did su} port her, 
 With his strong arm did s'upport her. 
 When the fair and beauteous maiden 
 Had recovered from her terror, 
 Lo, this monster was no more there, 
 But, instead, a youth most handsome, 
 Many like to whom are now seen 
 In old Hannibal's first circles. 
 Such we find up Broadway strolling, 
 Staring hard at each fair maiden. 
 Gracefully, the youth advancing, 
 Bowing, scraping while advancing, 
 Reached the side of fair Euphride. 
 Said: "My name, oh, fair Euphride, 
 Is Mephisto : that is shortened 
 From the name my parents gave me ; 
 But I feared your jaw so tender, 
 Might be broken in pronouncing 
 
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Name so fearful, so distracting." 
 Euphride gazed at the young man, 
 And her cheek was dyed with blushes, 
 And her eyes were cast to earthward. 
 "Maiden fair," Mephisto whispered, 
 "You have but to give your orders, 
 All shall then be executed, 
 Every wish of yours be granted." 
 Then the Elephant sat list'ning, 
 And his heart, with jealous anger, 
 Rose and swelled and heaved within him, 
 And he thought, "Have I but snatched her 
 From the clutch of her black lover, 
 Brought her through the earth's hot centre, 
 Only to give up my darling 
 To a handsome, unknown stranger ?" 
 Soon the elephant grew calmer, 
 And he sat him down to reason, 
 And he reasoned much on this wise : — 
 "If I keep my fair Euphride, 
 And exclude the handsome stranger, 
 What have I, my love, to offer?" 
 With my love I cannot feed her, 
 With my love I cannot clothe her, 
 Cannot give her aught of comfort. 
 I've not e'en a railroad clerkship, 
 
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Nor a job behind the counter 
 
 Of some clothing store or drug store, 
 
 So I'll work this handsome stranger 
 
 Into service good and noble, 
 
 When a home he here has ordered 
 
 Fit for Euphride to dwell in, 
 
 When his cash is in our coffers, 
 
 I'll invite him to retire. 
 
 If he should refuse to do so 
 
 I, with Herculean power, 
 
 Will just kick him out the back door, 
 
 As papas, in after ages, 
 
 Will impress persistent lovers." 
 
 While the plodding elephantum 
 
 Sat and pondered long in this wise, 
 
 Mephistopheles was busy 
 
 Clearing out a habitation, 
 
 Fit for Euphride to dwell in. 
 
 First he drove away the waters 
 
 Flowing all about those chambers, 
 
 Caused the waters, in their exit, 
 
 To take with them all corruption. 
 
 Mud and dirt were carried outward 
 
 From those avenues so spacious, 
 
 When, at last, the cave was ready 
 
 For fair Euphride to dwell in, 
 
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Our Mephisto placed the maiden 
 On the back of elephantum. 
 Down the steep and rugged mountain, 
 Carefully he bore the maiden, 
 He was used to crossing mountains, 
 Falling down between the mountains ; 
 But he did not venture falling 
 With fair Euphride upon him, 
 Lest, this time, a fate much graver, 
 Should beFALL the hapless maiden. 
 Mephisto, with prophet's vision, 
 Saw that in the distant future 
 All the houses, worthy mention, 
 On Grand Avenue 'd be builded ; 
 So Grand Avenue was graded : 
 With electric cars was furnished, 
 And with every late improvement, 
 And with every modern wonder, 
 For, as Solomon has told us, 
 'Neath the glorious orb of heaven, 
 No new thing at all existeth. 
 Then a chamber for her made he, 
 And a wardrobe for her dresses : 
 But so high he built this wardrobe, 
 That upon its back he laid it, 
 Now they call it a piano, 
 
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And her chamber 's called the parlor. 
 
 When, all this at last was finished, 
 
 It occurred to our Mephisto 
 
 That the maid, since many hours, 
 
 Not one bit of food had tasted ; 
 
 So he hurried to the kitchen, 
 
 And before the kitchen fire 
 
 Broiled he great delicious Onions, 
 
 And within the pan fried onions, 
 
 And among the ashes baked them, 
 
 And in vinegar he sliced them. 
 
 Then he took the dainty morsels 
 
 To the fair and famished maiden. 
 
 Very hungry was Euphride, 
 
 And she ate with more than relish, 
 
 Of the fried and broiled and roasted 
 
 And the dainty pickled onions. 
 
 Then Mesphito thought he'd found out 
 
 Just the food for famished maidens, 
 
 Just the food for love-sick maidens, 
 
 And each day he cooked her onions, 
 
 Sought to win her love with onions, 
 
 Broiled and pickled, fried and roasted. 
 
 But when e'er Mephisto brought them, 
 
 Euphride wept for her lover, 
 
 Wept for Hannibal, her lover. 
 
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Then Mephisto, growing wrathy, 
 Laid his curse upon the onions ; 
 Gave to them, ah, curse most fatal, 
 Of ingratitude, the odor. 
 And because she wept to see them, 
 Said he, "Every other maiden 
 Who shall peel or slice the onion, 
 Tears must shed as did Euphride. 
 This the curse was of Mephisto, 
 But for Euphride 'twas worse far, 
 For no other food he gave her. 
 All day long he cooked his onions, 
 And 'tis said, e'er now, at some times, 
 You can smell the onions cooking. 
 One day when the fair Euphride 
 Had been combing out her tresses, 
 Combing out her raven tresses, 
 In the comb one thread she noticed, 
 That, instead of black and glossy, 
 Had become as white as silver. 
 Quickly to the pool she hastened, 
 (Now she used this for a mirror; 
 And Mephisto made her candles 
 Of the eyes of little fishes. 
 Hence the fish that dwell in caverns 
 Are deprived of eyes for seeing.) 
 
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When she reached the placid lakelet, 
 
 Lying like a burnished mirror, 
 
 To her great surprise and horror, 
 
 On her brow she found a wrinkle, 
 
 On her face a haggard paleness, 
 
 And a careworn look her eyes bore, 
 
 Then, complaining to Mephisto, 
 
 She bewailed her fate so bitter, 
 
 That her youth and radiant beauty 
 
 Were departing swiftly from her, 
 
 Then. Mephisto, gazing at her, 
 
 Filled and thrilled with admiration. 
 
 And he said, "Oh, maid most winsome, 
 
 One sweet boon now grant, I pray thee, 
 
 One sweet recompense now give me, 
 
 In exchange for which I offer 
 
 Youth and beauty both eternal." 
 
 Euphride replied; "Quite ready 
 
 Will I be to grant this favor." 
 
 Then Mephisto answerd softly ; 
 
 "One sweet kiss is all I ask thee." 
 
 To his great surprise, the maiden 
 
 Offered not the least resistance. 
 
 Raised her ruby lips for kissing ; 
 
 But her breath smelled so of onions 
 
 That the youth felt no desire 
 
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To repeat the act of kissing. 
 
 How time passed in this dark cavern, 
 
 I am not prepared to tell you ; 
 
 But I know one thing for certain, 
 
 Euphride's great wish was granted 
 
 And she grew not one day older 
 
 Although years were gliding by her. 
 
 Thus time sped still on and onward 
 
 'Till at last, almost a quarter 
 
 Of a century had vanished. 
 
 Then, beyond the rolling billows, 
 
 Hannibal's career was ended. 
 
 When proud Rome her fearful clutches 
 
 Would have placed upon our hero, 
 
 That long-treasured, sacred phial 
 
 Was brought forth from its concealment, 
 
 To his lips applied, and emptied. 
 
 But before he left off living, 
 
 From dark Afric's heart of blackness 
 
 He obtained the darkest secret. 
 
 Then his soul with its dark treasure 
 
 To the west land was soon speeding. 
 
 He had gone to seek Fuphride, 
 
 Maid long lost, but ne'er forgotten. 
 
 When, one morn, the elephantum 
 
 Went down to the old post-office 
 
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To procure Euphride's letters, 
 
 (You might ask, who wrote her letters, 
 
 But I'd tell you, quite politely, 
 
 "That, my dear, does not concern you, 
 
 It is needful to my story.) 
 
 He observed, there, one great letter, 
 
 Stranger than he e'er had brought her. 
 
 When he carried up this missive, 
 
 Lo, from out its heavy cover, 
 
 Hannibal, her own true lover 
 
 Leaped, and did embrace the maiden. 
 
 Now, Mephisto, watching near them, 
 
 Saw this man embrace his fair one : 
 
 Saw she offered no resistance 
 
 To his kisses and caresses. 
 
 (Now the fearful scent of onions 
 
 Troubled not at all our hero, 
 
 For he was naught but a spirit.) 
 
 Then the wrath of the infernal 
 
 Filled the soul of our Mephisto 
 
 With a storm of jealous hatred. 
 
 Just as long as he had been there 
 
 With none but the elephantum, 
 
 Very little fear had filled him : 
 
 But behold here, a third party 
 
 Had been added to the number 
 
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Of the fair Euphride's lovers. 
 "I must swiftly send them both off:" 
 Said he, "or perchance I'll lose her. ' 
 Then he called the elephantum 
 To go down through straddle-alley, 
 (Which was then a spacious passage) 
 Saying, he might have the pleasure 
 Of remaining with Euphride 
 When he came back fr,om his errand. 
 Then he caused the fearful rock- walls 
 To close in upon his victim, 
 And below, in fat-man's misery 
 He had caught the elephantum. 
 (But they tell us that of late years 
 One fair maiden, stout and portly, 
 Kindly stretched this narrow passage.) 
 Then the shrewd and scheming devil 
 Took the head of elephantum ; 
 Hung it in another passage 
 As a warning to all lovers 
 Who should seek to win fair maidens 
 Who, in life, stood far above them. 
 Now, lest Hannibal, should venture 
 To take forth the ship he'd builded, 
 And sail outward from the cavern, 
 With his prize, the radiant maiden, 
 
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He commanded there the vessel 
 
 To be turned to stone, and fast'ned 
 
 To the bottom of the cavern. 
 
 When all this at last was finished, 
 
 He had thought to seek Euphride, 
 
 And demand her from her lover ; . 
 
 But, alas, he found them standing 
 
 With their arms about each other. 
 
 Then unbounded wrath o'efc^me him, 
 
 And he caused a rock to tumble 
 
 From the high roof of the cavern : 
 
 But the black art of our hero 
 
 Checked the rock in its swift falling, 
 
 Hung it, finely poised, in mid-air: 
 
 But 'tis said that if two lovers 
 
 Should embrace beneath this boulder, 
 
 It would straightway tumble on them, 
 
 Now Mephisto tossed a gauntlet 
 
 At the feet of his proud rival, 
 
 Hannibal, in haste, advancing, 
 
 Gave his foe no time for changing 
 
 Back into the form of devil, 
 
 Took him at a disadvantage, 
 
 For as youth, he was quite helpless, 
 
 With his art so black and awful, 
 
 Did he knock the devil's backbone 
 
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Out of place and of position, 
 Left it lying on the cave floor ; 
 Would have killed outright Mephisto 
 But he thought, "I'll spare the devil, 
 Send him back without a backbone 
 To complete the work I've started, 
 With his vileness and corruption 
 To destroy proud Rome, and bring her 
 To the feet of all the nations." 
 Now old Satan, minus backbone, 
 Can much better tempt the people, 
 For he glides so softly 'round them, 
 Like a snake he slides around them, 
 And he wins them ere they know it. 
 Then, in bliss, the two united, 
 Hannibal, the faithful lover, 
 And fair Euphride, his darling, 
 Lived forever, — are still living 
 In the cave below our city. 
 And I'd like to tell you further, 
 If you chance, on some excursion, 
 Wand'ring through some darksome passage, 
 Youth to see, and bright eyed maiden, 
 Take advantage of the darkness, 
 Exchange kisses in the darkness, 
 Measure waists amid the darkness, 
 
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I will say in explanation, 
 
 "Though they look like friends and neighbors, 
 
 'Tis old Hannibal, of Carthage, 
 
 Hugging Euphride, his sweetheart, 
 
 For whose sake proud Rome must perish, 
 
 Our own town be steeped in vileness, 
 
 And the whole world be corrupted ! " 
 
 J^eigeind of Rover's l^&p. 
 
 C>p from the breast of the broad rolling river, 
 Where the slow current was creeping along, 
 Breezes, arising in mystical quiver. 
 Wafted the sound of an Indian girl's song. 
 
 lust as the sun his last shaft was withdrawing, 
 Out from the grove a soft neigh gave reply ; 
 And the white steed, the turf restlessly pawing, 
 Told, to the maiden, her lover was nigh. 
 
 V_/'er the dark wave the canoe was soon speeding, 
 
 All the sweet song had at once died away, 
 
 Lest e'en her music, the swift course impeding, 
 
 Should cause a moment of anxious delay. 
 
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\jn the smooth pebbles the keel is now grating. 
 And, with one bound, she has gained the dry sand ; 
 Nor does she pause, even now, hesitating, 
 Within yon grove does her brave lover stand. 
 
 ith nervous step and with wild expectation, 
 Onward she speeds to the dark trysting-place ; 
 But now the bliss of sweet realization 
 Lightens with glory, her beautiful face. 
 
 \Jlasped in the arms of her fair-haired young lover, 
 All her anxiety vanishes now. 
 Close to his breast does she trustingly hover, 
 While is repeated the oft-spoken vow. 
 
 JKisses impassioned, the red lips are burning 
 And the wild beating unites heart to heart; 
 Then, from her lover's embrace swiftly turning, 
 What was that sound which has caused her to start ? 
 
 Jllhere in the grove, his dark brows bent with fury, 
 
 Raising his tomahawk threatning in air, 
 
 E'en now its blade from some murder all gory, 
 
 Stands the old chieftain with menacing air. 
 
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C>nhand my daughter, pale-faced coward, 
 She's another's promised bride!" 
 Then, by his wrath, the chief o'erpowered, 
 Leaped to the fearless artist's side. 
 
 jLfOu, with your skill, and your much boasted learning, 
 Untaught in war, like a babe in the fight, 
 With the first ray of the morrow's returning, 
 Shall learn the power of my tomahawk light ! " 
 
 lUrom her dark face the life-blood all receding, 
 Softly the maiden had knelt at his feet ; 
 Lifting her glorious dark orbs full of pleading, 
 Hoping his smile of forgiveness to meet. 
 
 J^ise!" cried the father, so stern and commanding, 
 "Lest e'en thou fall 'neath my terrible ire. 
 Turn not thine eyes where yon pale-face is standing, 
 Or thou may'st grace, too, his funeral pyre." 
 
 leather, forgive, I will always obey thee, 
 
 Wed e'en the chieftain who sues for my hand, 
 
 If thou wilt grant the slight favor I pray thee, 
 
 Let me return to the maids of my band." 
 
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Vto, ' said the father, "but pause, — on the morrow, 
 Just as his corpse we fling down to the tide, 
 Dare not to show, or to feel aught of sorrow, 
 Thou shalt appear as brave Occachee's bride ! " 
 
 7xs the slow beetle is drowsily reeling 
 Zigzag his course through the dense forest gloom, 
 Up from the woman's hut stealthily stealing, 
 Fearless the maiden goes forth to her doom. 
 
 \o\v on the cliff's very summit she's stand ng, 
 Cut are the thongs that were binding him fast. 
 "Rouse from your slumber," she's gently commanding. 
 "For all our sorrows and trials are past.'' 
 
 \ /ne last embrace and one ling ring kiss given, 
 One prayer, so tenderly, awfully deep, 
 One last appeal to the mercies of Heaven, 
 And from the cliff's rugged summit they leap. 
 
 JD, his is the story we oft have related, 
 As o'er the broa 1 Mississ'ppi we glide 
 How, at the foot of" that cliff, were once fated 
 Douglas Revere and his Indian bride. 
 
Kitchen Furnishings — nar- 
 row limits you think. 
 
 Not very ; we do it well. 
 
 Are our customers mostly 
 men ? 
 
 About one in five. Women 
 buy for themselves and most of the men. 
 
 A few particular men imagine they know what the kitchen 
 wants; they find it. They are our one in five. It is just as 
 good a store for them as if there was never a woman in it ; 
 and prices are lower. Why not? 
 
 "The regulator." 
 iBsta^Tolisl^ed. 1865. 
 
 WHEN YOU BUY THIS 
 
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 YOU GET THE 
 
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AT HEYWOOD'S DRUG STORE 
 
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 3 TELEPHONE 75.^ 
 
 A. WA.W IfERCOOREN, 
 
 THE PLACE FOR 
 
 f ipe Groceries 8l provisions. 
 
 Oysters, Celery and Poultry a Specialty. 
 NOS. 289,291 & 293 MARKET STREET. 
 
 FURNITURE & WALL PAPER. 
 
 A fact Worth Knowing. 
 
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 J. H. ORR. 
 
 Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, 
 
 i e-4— i ea a^^iEsiEZEiT st. 
 
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TELEPHONE 60. 
 
 MURRAY RAY, 
 
 DRUGGIST, 
 
 226 BROADWAY, 
 
 The Latest New Remedies, 
 
 Fine Chemicals, Surgical Instruments, Bandages, Etc. 
 
 Hi#HAniElppEH 
 
 School Books 
 
 AND 
 
 School Supplies. 
 
 Statiop^ry, Jfotior^, £tc., 
 
 130 Market Street, 
 HANNIBAL, - - MO. 
 
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I860- 1890. 
 
 GEO. A. COLLINS, 
 
 BOOKSELLER & STATIONER. 
 
 Keeps the Most Complete and Largest Stock of 
 
 Miscellaneous Books, Gift Books, Bibles, Booklets, Souvenirs, &c. in the City. 
 SS^LADIES' FINE STATIONERY A SPECIALTY 
 
 And a full supply always on hand. 
 No. HO >T ZMIain St., ZEI-A-nsrariB-A-Xj, IMO- 
 
 HERBERT L. ROSE, 
 
 Heating and Ventilating Engineer, 
 
 Contractor for the most approved system of 
 
 Steam, Hot Water and Furnace Heating, 
 
 Natural and Mechanical Ventilation, 
 
 PLUMBING, GAS FITTING AND SEWERING. 
 
 202 SOI TIT MAIN 8T11EET, HAWIBAL, MO. 
 
 R. H. COONS, 
 
 Wholesale and Retal Dealer in 
 
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 A STRICTLY FIRST CLASS HOUSE. 
 
 MCOTTO: J\xst ^77"eig-lits Sz ITaiir JDealing-s. 
 Telephone 78. No - 404 North Main Street. Hannibal, Mo. 
 
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 'A. Word to the Wise is Sufficient," 
 
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 STiROIsra-, BOWMAN" & CO., 
 
 102 & 104 Main Street. Hannibal, Mo. 
 
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