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A Parody on Princess Ida

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المؤلف:

Dalziel D (Davison)

دار النشر: Project Gutenberg

الصفحة رقم: 5

I cut in strips the cushions, the curtains always tear,

And pleasantly suggest aloud: “They are the worse for wear.”

I go into the smoking car, and remark I never smoke,

And when the weeds are all put out, I explain it’s all a joke,

You see, I try to make myself as pleasant as I can,

Yet! Everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man,

And I can’t think why.

And yet, with all my little whims I really must decline

To say a single word against the fav’rite Alton Line.

To speak in praise of anything goes hard against the grain,

But I really never was upon such a perfect train.

I had dinner in a dining car, which every want could fill,

And I drank my health quite frequently, and didn’t pay my bill.

You see I try to make myself as pleasant as I can,

Yet! Everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man,

And I can’t think why.

HILARION CHECKS HIS BAGGAGE.

ON THE DINING CAR.

GAMA—So this is the royal castle of the Chicago and Alton Railroad? Dame Rumor whispered that the place was on a par with everything connected with the Alton Line. Superb! Royal! Grand!

HILD.—(Gratified.) Oh! Sire.

GAMA.—But she’s a liar. And this is your son! Dame Rumor also said he was the leader of fashions among the Alton employes, but he’s changed. He used to be a singularly handsome child.

HILD.—(Furious.) Enough of this. Where is your daughter, whom on your plighted word should be here to-day?

GAMA—She would not be tempted. She hates railroad travelling. I don’t blame her. I tried to explain that a journey on the Alton was a delicious reverie set to music on wheels, but she was obdurate. She’s in Castle Adamant foresworn to all men, surrounded by a hundred maidens fair, who think as she does.

HILD.—Surely we can win her over?