OCR Text |
Show A CHAMELEON TRAIT. He was born with it within him. And before ha shed his bibs He bad gained a reputation As teller of big fibs. And it grew as he grew with it. Through the stage of holes and darns: Then his chums all called him "Buster 'Cause he spun astounding yarns. When his limbs grew down, and downy Was the shadow 'neath his nose; - Then again they changed his nickname, "Liar" was the name they chose. He becsme a famous author. And respect waa hia forsooth When they found him making money Out of deriated truth. So again they changed the naming Of this trait so plain to aee; And the7 much admire him for his Novelistie tendency. May Myrtle French in the Pacific Monthly. |