Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-09 | Page 4 | "Thinkin' Back"

h i n k i n ba ck I 1 ve been chinkin back of late s drisin and I 1 m here to state m suspicious it s a sign II 11 age maybe 01 decline tt ny faculties it 1 m not teelin old a bit ny more than sixty tour ln t young man any more hinkin back a a thing at growa t n a teller I 1 suppose der at h gits I 1 jack lore he keeps a chinkin back t id as old men eit to be r as midd e aged as me biks 11 find us eye and mind axed on ahat we elett behind like hem old times we used to hute ut barefooted or the crick ong bout apr 1 first to pick ut tome warmest place te so li a oh my achl 4 wonder now we haan hadn t died grate hor sh on my hide jes a in how cold then that ere v arter must a ben thi kin back w goodness me I 1 kin call names and see every little fed I 1 played with er fought e was afraid of and so made him the best friend I 1 had of all the rest chinkin back I 1 even hear them a callan high and clear up the crick banks where they seem still hid in there e a dreama and me still a pantin on the green pathway they have gone still they hide by bend er ford still tl hide but thank the lord chinkin Th inkin back as I 1 have said I 1 bear laughin on ahead james whitcomb rile in reader ma azine