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Show J ; I More Truth Than Poetry ? Bv JAMES J. MONTAGUE ) , : i ! TO AUTUMN. (At Mr. K.aia MIGHT have written It.) Sra.on of frnftta. and rmptln.a. of Mn., Clou, tinted df.lem. NrcH1na; th.lr coal; ' Of lucky n.iirhbora.- with expnive arlni. Who not thrlra In la.t April thrifty mull! V. .tand. aad gazing- at th. m-aninr ami. 1 Our browa all rhilly In th .v.nlna; hr..e, Well knowing that at hc.t we .till po..e.. ' A half, or three .cant quarter, of a ton, Enough to l..t a week, or even le... Anil think with every nymntom of dl.tre.a. ' How one mu.t auffer ere ha finally freeie! I wek-omeri thee, fair autumn, on a time I thriMd with pleanure lu the tingling air; I thouitht the redilenlng foliage .ubUme; In fHCt. 1 held th. aea.on wa. a liear! , But then, m-hen fell too .hrewd the evening chill And gathering clouila pre.aged a hu.ky atorm, -' 1 went, my tru.iy ahovel in my hand And overall, enveloping my form. ' To atoke tha furnare with a rlgai good will That radiant hent tha ahlverlng liou.e might fill. And ah! tha coal that year wa. .Imply grand! Whera ara tha aong. of Spring? Ah. whera ara they The day. when .kl-a are bright and warm and kind? Aa Mr. Shelley might be moved to .ay. They aeem a' devil of a way behind! Two week.' aupply i all that I will get Two weak.' aupply: And If a bliasard hlowa And .now pllea up. and truck, are haply .tailed I'm willing all mr worldly vcalth tu bet That not a pound of fuel will be hauled: And. if th. pre.ent aulhor I. recalled In futur. men will ayi "That -guy? HE froae!" ' PRACTICALLY NECE8SARV. On. advantage of doing your t'hrlatma. .hopping early thia year la that thla ia the only way you can get In ahead of tha Income tax collector. AND HE It. - -Henry Ford la atlll talking rommonplacna ahout Wall street Evidently he'd rather ha trite than president. MATHEMATICAL' NOTE. j It appear, that while tha alllea ara dividing the 4 Turk ara multiplying. J .Copyright. 1K1 by tha Bell Byndleala. Inc.) |