Outclassed

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Outclassed</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> <I><B>We had prided ourselves on the "rep" of the place,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We claimed we was fearfully "hard,"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Fer toughness we swore we had set 'em a pace,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We said we was dare-devils, pard.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>'Twas years since we'd heard of a natural death,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Old age was an unknown complaint,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We siad that no wickeder people drew breath,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We thought we was bad--but we ain't!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Fer a cargo of roughs from the town of New York</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Stopped of fer a visit with us,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They unbottled hell, am' disposed of the cork,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Oh, there was consid'able fuss!</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They drove all our man-killers under the bar,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' when we tried forceful restraint,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They showed us what </B></I><I><B>amateur</B></I><I><B> bad men we are,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We thought </B></I><I><B>we</B></I><I><B> was bad--but we ain't!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I don't know what happened, but when I come to,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' the worst of the smoke cleared away,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Old Rattlesnake Pete an' the rest of the crew</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Was sayin' adieu to the fray,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' the strangers was paintin' the town as they chose,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(Which was usin' a pretty red paint.)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' we? We was humble an' quiet, Lord knows;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We thought we was bad--but we ain't!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>They left us at last--it was time fer their train,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' we watched 'em in wonder an' awe,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An' when we recovered once more from the strain,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We says: "This here place needs teh law.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>If that's what a </B></I><I><B>civilized</B></I><I><B>town kin turn loose,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Our</B></I><I><B> toughness is pale like an' faint;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We tried, but it's certain it ain't any use,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We thought </B></I><I><B>we</B></I><I><B> was bad--but we ain't!</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I><A HREF="popular_magazine.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Popular Magazine"><U><I>The Popular Magazine</I></U></A><I> - December 15, 1911</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>