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Show DIXIE OWL As I See It Fragments I pray thee, haughty maiden, Why thinkest thou art fair? Thine eyes are black as ebony And likewise is thy hair. There are plenty of bachelors who deserve a carnegie hero medal because they have refrained from making some woman miserable for life. Methinks me often to myself I wonder if she knows, That thru her eyes we road her to be like the buttons on his coat; he seldom heart, Iler joys, her pains, her woes. I beseech, I beg, I warn you, He careful with those eyes; Or may haps we can read the soul That underneath them lies. True thou art very clever At making pretty rhymes, Hut I fancy thee more cunning At receiving Valentines. -1- 9. Found on Front Page of Last Years History Book (Compliments to Mr. llafen) (lender shows whether a man is masculine, feminine or neuter. Skeleton is what you have left when your insides are taken out and your outsids taken off. The population of New ling-lan- d is too dry for farming. (leneral Hraddock was killed in the Revolutionary War. Three horses shot under him and one went through his clothes. Lincoln wrote his address while riding from Washington to Gettysburg on an envelope. A circle is a line that meets at both ends without ending. The one advantage of a wooden leg is to hold your socks up with thumb tacks. In spite of the eternal fitness felof things, most lows insist upon wearing red neckties. red-head- ed mans wife gets A notices her presence but her absence leaves him feeling sort of odd and helpless. Out of the present rise the foothills of tomorrow, and they in turn are joined to those of another. If you would reach the heights start now. Character is the gold left in lifes smelter after the fires of experience selves out. have burned them- There is sometimes an excuse for egotism. You cant blame a feller who works in a fly paper factory for being stuck up. The man who would lead men must get to live the Christ-lif- e mark. dollar away from the Inspiration is the divine trying to make itself manifest through the human. A Change in the Rules Lee llafen says that under certain conditions two arms around is not a foul. Hut couldnt you learn to love me, Annie? he pleaded. 1 dont think I could, Vasco she replied. lie stood erect, then quickly reached for his hat. Its as I feared you are too old to learn. 1 dont know what an atoms like Because I never see one Hut when I come from English C I know how tis to be one. Animal Verbs Badger means to worry or an- noy. means to persecute. Dog yieans to follow. Cock means to pull back the hammer of a gun. Cow means to browbeat or Hound quell. Bug means to protrude. Snake means to drag. Skunk means to shut out the other team. Possum means to feign death. Coon means to crawl along a ' log or fence. Squirrel means to climb a tree rapidly. means to monopolize. Monkey means to fool around. Ape means to imitate. Ho g Samuel and Sarah Sir Samuel Simms saw sweet Sarah Sampson swimming. SudSir denly she seemed sinking. Samuel stood stunned. Striding seaward spurning shingle, Sir Samuel swiftly swam Sarahward, Sir Samuel skilfully supported Swimming swooning Sarah. successSamuel shoreward, Sir fully succored Sarah. Seeming somewhat shaky, Sir Samuel sampled some spirits special Scotch. Sarah saw Sir Samuels self Sir Samuel sacrificing spirit. saw Sarahs sweetness. So Samuel soon sought Sarah. Striding Sir slowly, Sarah sighed softy. Samuel seemed speechless. Say something, Sir Samuel, said Sarah. Ex. |