The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, December 25, 1902, Page 5, Image 5
DECEMBER 25, 1902. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. 5 Th3 Hell Merger PROLOGUE. Tlie Devil and Heh are in an awful stew! (And just between the gate-post, me, and you, His Satanic Majesty has reason to fear. For J. Pierpont Morgan is drawing near. To form a merger on his arrival t bene a That'll make all the hellions like 30 cents.) I. The Devil on his throne in the depths of hell, When the messenger came from with out, to tell Of a procession to this land of dread, With a high-mighty man its forefront and head. By his presence, he with consterna tion, knew 'Twas J. Pierpont Morgan and his trust-ful crew. What was in the mind of this man of earth power, Made Old Satan quake and his brows to lower, For with all his presence and fore- sightedness, He was forced with pain to himself to confess, That in this, without doubt, an hour of need, lie could not the great mind of J. Pier pont read. So he ordered the messenger to return And strive the purpose of Morgan to learn. But arrived, J. Pierp. the battlements viewed, Having long since consideration eschewed, lie made Perkins shout to the guard of Hell-Gate, "Open, damned yokel, mighty Mor gan don't wait. ' The astonished guard the massive gate threw wide, Striving in vain his trepidation to hide. He, punctilious, saluted with trem bling hand, The King of Trusts and his sycophant band. Here the messenger arrived frantic with haste, But Morgan disdained on him words to waste, And pointing downward with extend ed arm, He commanded, "Lead on, you shall fake no harm." The messenger, as the guard, dumb founded, went, Forgetting the mission whereon he was sent, Led Morgan, the merger, by the short cut route, To the private throne-room of the King of Soot, J. Pierpont wl'cd in, erect head and stern mien, And. first time since the Fall, Lucifer was seen, In despondency, deep and dark to be punk In fact he was just in a blue, blue funk And with h"nrl dropped in arms he groaned aloud. "Pierpont. what wilt thou and thy trust-ful crowd?" Morgan folded his arms a moment, then spoke, "Beelzy, my call upon you is no joke, I've come in the interest of transpor tation, And Remand of you now a combina tion. Vhat I mav extend my railroads oown to Hell, And increase your damned by more than tongue can tell. I'll build me a station just outside the gate, And good Deacon Baer chall on the crowd wait; The road-bed shall be of anthracite coal. To vex and harass those strikers' damned souls, And my steam whistles shall the echoes awake, And make all the shades of this Hell country quake. A railroad into Hell, O, Devil, what a graft! It's worth to me a day a million dollar draft, For you shall be one of my subsidized band. And now since I've blockaded the heavenly land. The ghosts of th esrth-born shall hell ward be turned, And then at your pleasure they shall be burned. You hall pay tariff on each soul Baer bring'? you. And turn in to him what each day is my due. I know that to you are great heaps of lucre. And you mustn't try me of one farth ing to euchre; All else you shall have saving me and mine, And you shall be happy from now till all time." As Satan listened to Morgan's Pier pont tones, He cast off despondency, he ceased his groans. And with a baleful eye and hot, smok ing breath, He Eiiout'd. "The world is mine after death:" So great his belief in Pierp. Morgan's power, To give him the souls of earth for a dower. J. P. with sardonic smile now made request, For a place where he might iay him clown and rest. Beelzebub led him to a hell-fired cot, And swathed him in a coverlid warm and hot, vhere he took a long, transmogrify- ir.g snooze, And woke feeling as if full of red-eyed booze. Then, rather surly, he bade his host adieu. Of his previous talk made a brief re view, Anticipating Beelzebub's command, Ho inspired his guide by a wave of the hand. To lead him from before the King of Soot, To the outside gate by the short-cut route. There he slapped good Deacon Baer on the back, And said, "Deacon, in your duties be not slack; From the Devil each day collect ev ery cent, For the souls that I have by you to Hell sent, I will not forget you for work that's well done, But will reward you as I would my own son." Morgan, the great, in gratulation then stepped Upon the earth, which in his absence had slept; He touched the button which awoke it to life, And stirred up the poor to misery and strife, By drawing more hardly across them his reins, To increase his already ill-gotten gains. II. To himself he said: "Over all men I've power, Earth and Hell are both my eternal dower, And though I can't own Heaven, I've blocked the way, And thus send to the Devil a vast array, That will to me untold millions be worth! Save Heaven, I can buy the universe. But what, indeed, is this Heaven to me? The road to it is so narrow, I can't see What value it has, for it's without money, And who csrf-q for the flow of milk and honey? The conn i v.- i.aat can make me whoop and hoik r Is the one that'll give me the almighty doll r." Communing thus, ecstatic, he fell asleep, He loosened his reins and the poor ceased to weep. He dreamed he was a boyafhis mother's knee, That she was praying he might from sin be free, That he might never his fellowmen oppress, But show mercy and charity to dis tress. He lay back in the mother-arms con tented; That he would be a tyrant, he re sented Most bitterly then, but later when he felt The "itching palm," all his good in tentions melt Ed into this ah", and he too soon be came A son most unworthy of his mother's name. And on and on through all the devious wavg He had trod, even to treading Hell's maze! As awake, eo in sleep, he knew him self right, Till sudden, as it were, an X-ray searchlight Turned inward, 'shamed him a pusil lanimous soul. All distorted and shriveled in its lust of gold. Sweating cold beads, he writhed and groaned as -in pain, But the searchlight shone on and on and amain, Till his sraallness of soul did in big ness appear, And every fifcre of flesh quivered with fear 5 " V i if r .' -v v J? , i v. Li L '1 ' 3 f Li -kjt Yet Christmas has come ami you lil not lmv one of our Beautiful Pianos Well its not too late yet, we still have. a beautiful assortment, all styles, grades and prices. We are still as anxious as ever to sell you and will make every possible inducement. If you can't call, write us. Matthews ii20 O Street, Piano Co. Lincoln, Neb. Then from the light he heard a voice say, "Down on your knees and earnestly pray." 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