Garland Globe | 1906-05-19 | Page 3 | Little Visits with "Uncle by"

tjimuti IpiiNoiiirj The Strategy Board. Th' "Strategy Hoard" In In session "back there," tlack thoro whero I lived they hov met on til' square. 1 know they've convcncil 'causo tli' robins hez cum, An' thet's a suro sign they aro mectln' out hum! Th "Strategy Hoard" la composed o' til' dads Tli' fellers retired on fh' strength o' thcr scads-Til' scads-Til' whlte-whlskered chaps thct hov crlcki In thcr backs An' wisdom thct makes 'em much sharper than tacks. ICncli spring on th' square yo kin hear 'em orato Hout how 0 bo guldln' th' great Hhlp O' Stato- Thcy'vo read their Try-buno nn' th' Sata'-day Sata'-day Mall, An' now they hev gathered t' trim up th h.iII; T mako her steer straight through th' broad Sea o' Life, Whcru th' blllcrs roll high an' th' dangers lo rltot Each day they save kentrlcs an' frame up th' laws, Win battles an' verdicts mid rounds of applause I Yo Gods, I bollova that th' Washington folk Jlst wait breathless Uko 'til th' "Strategy's" "Strate-gy's" spoko! Tho president, too well, I reckon that ho Is slow fcr t' act 'til he gits their decrea! They sit In th' park In their easy, arm chocrs; Tli' sun wnrms their faces an' molts all their kecrs, Th' zephyrs play tag with their whiskers o' white, An' Tlmo plods along to'rd th' dusk o' their night! When Oabrll's blaBt blows an' th' gates Is ajar. He'll tlnd each old patriarch thoro on th' s(Uare.