THE PRINTER'S "DEVIL."

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 54, 17 April 1878, Page 2

THE PRINTER'S "DEVIL."

The "Devil" he knocked at bur sanctum door* And though he rfeer ventured in* , His eye had a light, and: his. countenance; bore At> exultant, demoniac grin. With impish feer his band he- held' out, , ; While a smirk o'er his features spread^, ' As, with a Satanic, discordant shout, , "I want more copy," le saidl ;, !We looked, at oar clip, and we took up oar- ! files, But there- no succor we- found', !So we gazed on the watts, and gaped' on the> I tiles; , , t 1 On the ceiling,, and' ftbor-arotmd\ t I And we closed oar eye* m ouc- deep 'despair;. ; Just' to shut out our- impish foe, '■ But he rudely broke m on- our-sifent prayer* '■ With.—" I want mote copy,. you> know !"' We- snatched 1 up. oar scissors— the editor 1 !) friend— And' we seized' our last exchange) ' i And, . thinking alone of the waiting fiendj, I We- sought nothing " new "or strange," ■ But into, the sheet with, a deadJjy- lunge), ; We buried: the- scissors deep, t , . , And handed; the waiter- a yard, with a look: ; That caused' his. flesh to>creep.. '< With, manner perturbed; and 1 coontenancejflushed; " ," : Wfr rudely slammed 1 the d*oor-j- - ere we were seated, the Pnnter-lie» ! rushed' ' To our side, with- a cry foa- "-more ! " | Some time then elapsed eve- we found our-, tongue-,. 1 But soon, at his head did we level,. " ; A withering Took, and- retort we- flung;, ! "Oh l dash it man) goto the ""Dew L.l" 1 ' ; JSohn T)vxaxs». t - ! Palmerston North-, April 16; 1878. ' -