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466 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
Then at length the season's past,
And she's bagged her game at last,
For the parson's chained her fast
To a churl;
He is rich, and all is well,
Has a title, so they tell,
Which he needs to ring Ibis belle—
The modern girl.
This poem was copied by the Cincinnati Enquirer, the New /York
Tribune, the Chicago Times and other papers.
Margaret B. Peeke, the wife of George II. Peeke, was born at Schuylerville,
April 8, .18138. Her maiden name was Peck and her mother was
a Benedict, the sister of Chancellor E. C. Benedict, who wrote the
standard work on Admiralty Law, which is still authority in the United
States.
Mrs. Peeke was the mother of six children of which the author of
this work is the only one now surviving. Her father's name was Garry
Peck, who died at Stillwater, Pennsylvania, when Mrs. Peeke was about
twelve years old. She had a remarkably bright mind and wonderful
conversational ability. Six; was the author of two books, "Zenia, the
Vestal," and "Born of Flame," published by the Lippincotts, which
ran through four editions and was in its time favorably commented on
by the reviewers. She also wrote many newspaper articles, and for
several years was one of the editors of the Chicago Alliance, the paper
which Ava.s" edited by Rev. David Swing. She had read widely and
traveled much, visiting Europe several times and also Egypt and the
Holy Land, and departed after a life full of experience which had taught
her wisdom. She died November 2, 1908, and together with her daughter
Grace lies buried in Pomona, Tennessee.
RESUKOAM
1 shall rise! Not ages hence.
When earth has passed away
In fervent heat; and, like a scroll.
The clouds of heaven together roll,
Upon the final day!
But from this body born of earth.
That binds my spirit down,
I shall go forth like bird set free
To breathe the air of liberty
T ne'er before have known;
A life as boundless as the skies
In realms whose name is Paradise.