This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ... friends; And more than half his year was spent Self exiled on the Continent. Time passed, and with it died remark At the sad Sphinx of Clubs--none joked The silent man who sat and smoked, Or drank his cocktail after dark, And left there with a quiet nod, As to his hermitage he trod; For thus a nine-days' wondering ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ... friends; And more than half his year was spent Self exiled on the Continent. Time passed, and with it died remark At the sad Sphinx of Clubs--none joked The silent man who sat and smoked, Or drank his cocktail after dark, And left there with a quiet nod, As to his hermitage he trod; For thus a nine-days' wondering Becomes at last the usual thing. Till, once vouched by a member's name, A stranger to the club room came, And startled, stood as half bespelled At whom his wondering eyes beheld: Then from them glanced a flash of fire Of vicious anger, mad desire, While from the startled clubman's eyes A look shot forth of glad surprise. "And art thou living," he exclaimed, "Thank God! I then shall die unblamed!" While from the stranger " Now, at last, I shall have vengeance for the Past. Seducer and abductor, too, This is the day of Fate for you! My sister, tell me where is she? A boy once stood before your wrath, --You left him dying in your path, It is a man now asks of thee, With soul to dare and arm with strength To strike for his revenge at length." The other answered courteously, "At a fit time, if thou wilt waive The present, I will answer thee The satisfaction thou dost crave. These gentlemen can hardly feel So interested in our weal As to forgive us the disgrace To make their rooms a brawling place." "Nay, answer now," the stranger cried, "Let them our grounds of strife decide. My sister, tell me, where is she? A brother asks, .demands, of thee." Again he said " I cannot bear To here unveil the wounds I wear, Nor to the careless public cast The sacred legacy of the Past. Another time, a fitter place." "Perhaps this, if you can feel disgrace, Will change your feelings in the case,&q...
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