"There she is! Now, can't you see her?
See her face there in the light!"


11

Then old Zach would try to soothe him
In his simple-hearted way;
"She won't hurt you," he would tell him,
"I'll go drive her clear away.
I've seen things--now listen, pardner--
Those things happened once to me
Once down there in old Dodge City,
Winding up a three weeks' spree.
What you see is jest a 'lusion,
'Cause you're crazy in your head;
When your thinker's runnin' proper
You'll find 'She' is gone or dead.
There, now, pardner, see what this is!
Ain't it purty? Your tin cup;
Found a little pinch o' coffee.
That's the boy, now, drink it up!"


12

When the breeze of spring in whispers
Stirred the withered bunch-grass plume,
Humming hymns of resurrection
Over nature's silent tomb,