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Show As Utah Boy Sees It. Did you ever hike millions of miles. And curry a ton on your back, And blister your heels and vou'r shoulders, too, Where tlie straps run down from vour pack, In the rain or the snow or the mud perhaps, per-haps, In tlie ."mothering heat or tlie col.? If you have, why then you're a "buddy" of ours, And we welcome you Into our fold.c Did you ever, with your plate in vour lap, With your cup on the ground at vour side, While '.'cooties'' and buss of species un- ' tnld Danced foxtrots over your hide'' Did you ever sleep in a tent so small That your head and knees plaved ft-1' Then shake, old man. you're a i al of Tiiirs I'or you've followed the same old flan. I Did . you ever stand in a front-line trench, ' n ith Hemic a few feet away With "Jennies" and ".Minnies" a-whis- tiiiiR round. ' j And pas comin;; over all day'' With to Plan's Dand a sea 'of -'teeI ! And a tempest of buistimr shell" T:'en sTii'ns0 '"' kl ':"'d Uast you'rl For we're a'l just bark from hell ! CORPORAL F. 1., A.VDKRKOX I SCUrUJnfaniry, 9Ut ,jvili,i. j |