Show IN NO MANS BY JOHN AMOS TOPP LEBERRY he was a crippled Crt piled and maimed malmed A WORLD WAR VICTIM HIS right arm WAS left at the marne mame OR on in the argonne IN NO MAN MANS LAND I 1 DONT know here where BUT he sold pencils AND why he told sold them I 1 FAILED to aak ask to 0 o kill hunger I 1 ASKED his name AND he ans ansfred sered WHAT does it matter he hmood me HIS discharge CITATION for br bravery aery AND chevron stripes CUT from the sleeve or hi his uniform AND I 1 said HOW about your uncle 01 ova UNCLE SAM r 5 he know ABOUT bour our plight AND he answered WHAT does it t matter I 1 aa WAS a soldier IN BLOODY FRANCE MY wite and babies bibles WERE in well WHAT docs does it matter I 1 CAME back on wings I 1 FLEW to my home I 1 RAN from one room THEN into another EACH room was silent I 1 I 1 CALLED aloud I 1 BUT no answer came THEN I 1 swooned and tell fell MY neighbors came come AND cursed nursed me BACK to what I 1 am THEY told of a blacker slacker WHO lied to her SHE kit left me for him NOW faith ie Is dead of me AND I 1 at a wan wanderer derei ci IN NO MAN MANS S LAND WITH missing men I 1 BUT she Is happy THAT 8 ever everything everth thing lne AS for me a I 1 I 1 the aboe line lines were written lor for the vernal express by john ams am s Topp leberry poet and noel at 11 who ho arrived in vernal thursday on h his is foot loot bournes from the pacific coast CO A to new nes york city the visitor is material for a new bool which he intend intends to write rite imm date 1 ly after his return to the east I 1 mr Topple bery whose fifteen iol ol 01 umes of poems and novels arc are perhaps best known in new england had only the highest praise for utah and her citizens speaking of the people of the state he said that he had neur neier received finer treatment anft here than he had met during durin his trip through desern utah A short roan man alth ith iron gray hair and gray ees eles that twinkled merrily behind shell rimmed glasses mr i Topp leberry told of his adventure on ona the road with a youthful zest which belled his 47 years the last eleven of which have been spent almost constantly in hiking about this courtry coultry and europe and the holy land last acar tai the visitor made a trip from new lork ork to los angeles and return and he Is 1 repeating repeat lne this tour As he lie passes through each state he gathers material about that state and this will be included in his newest publication he ile has har litters letters from the governor of each state through which he has walked and govenor Oo venor dern added one to the list mr Topp leberry Is a veteran of the world arid war and a im aber of the american legion he ile stend to continue his walking for about thief more years after which he wol will settle down to serious literary effort efforts he will not accept rides while h s transcontinental tramps I 1 |