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Page xvii - South is North, sullen and dispossessed; He shall desire loneliness, and his desire shall bring Hard on his heels a thousand wheels, a people and a king. He shall come back on his own track and by his scarce cool camp, There shall he meet the roaring street, the derrick, and the stamp; For he must blaze a nation's ways, with hatchet and with brand, Till on his last-won wilderness an empire's bulwarks stand.
Page 74 - He studded the land with the prickly pear, And scattered the cactus everywhere; The Spanish dagger, sharp-pointed and tall, And at last the chollas to outstick them all. He imported the Apaches direct from Hell, With a legion of skunks, with a loud, loud smell To perfume the country he loved so well. And then for his life he couldn't see why The river need any more water supply, And he swore if he gave it another drop You might have his head and horns for a mop. He filled the river with sand till...
Page 73 - The Devil was given permission one day, To select him a land for his own special sway ; So he hunted around for a month or more And fussed and fumed and terribly swore, But at last was delighted a country to view Where the prickly pear and the mesquite grew. With a survey brief, without further excuse He took his stand on the banks of the Santa Cruz.
Page 74 - That all who might come to this country to dwell, Would be sure to think it was almost hell. He fixed the heat at one hundred and seven And banished forever the moisture from heaven, But remembered as he heard his furnace roar, That the heat might reach five hundred or more, And after he fixed things so thorny and well, He said, 'I'll be dd if this don't beat hell'; Then he flopped his wings and away he flew And vanished from earth in a blaze of blue.
Page 146 - I went down Fourth Street to the corner of Fremont and met Frank McLowry holding a horse. I told McLowry that I would have to disarm him as there was likely to be trouble in town. ... He said he would not give up his arms, as he did not intend to have any trouble. ... I said, 'Frank, come along with me. . . .' When I got down to where Ike was I found Tom McLowry, Billy Clanton, and Will Claybourn. I said to them, 'Boys, you have got to give up your arms.
Page 146 - It is your duty as a peace officer to disarm them rather than encourage the fight.' He made no reply, but I said I was going down to disarm the boys. . . . "I went down Fourth Street to the corner of Fremont and met Frank McLowry holding a horse. I told McLowry that I would have to disarm him as there was likely to be trouble in town. ... He said he would not give up his arms, as he did not intend to have any trouble. ... I said, 'Frank, come along with...
Page 205 - ... authorities for punishment, as was intended by the President, and therefore, on the 19th day of October, orders were issued, by direction of the President, that Geronimo and the fourteen Apache adult Indians captured with him, should be sent from San Antonio, Texas, under proper guard, to Fort Pickens, Florida, there to be kept in close custody until further orders.
Page 147 - Boys, you have got to give up your arms.' "Frank McLowry demurred. . . . Ike told me he did not have any arms. Tom McLowry showed me by pulling his coat open that he was not armed. Claybourn said he was not one of the party. ... I saw the Earps and Holliday coming down the sidewalk. ... I said to the Clantons, 'Wait here awhile, I will go up and stop them.' " But the Earps would not heed the...
Page 74 - He filled the river with sand till it was almost dry, And poisoned the land with alkali, And promised himself on its slimy brink The control of all who from it should drink. He saw there was one more improvement to make, He imported the scorpion, tarantula and rattlesnake, That all who might come to this country to dwell, Would be sure to think it was almost hell. He fixed the heat...
Page xvi - His neighbors' smoke shall vex his eyes, their voices break his rest; He shall go forth till South is North, sullen and dispossessed; He shall desire loneliness, and his desire shall bring Hard on his heels a thousand wheels, a people and a king. He shall come back on his own track and by his...