Show r e I rJ LOCA C j I o IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN The silvery moon had just shown its head over the tops of the waving waving waving ing trees Long aisles of alternate light and shadow covered the lawn The balmy softness of the night was unbroken save by music o of the sad to relate are not married in leaves and the chirp of the katydid He looked at his watch watch watch-it it was yet ten minutes before she would come He sat on the rustic bench and lighted a fresh cigar Ring after ring found its way into the glimmering glimmering glimmering glim glim- mering light and beyond into the blackness of the shadow Each ring framed the likeness of a girl the the only girl in the world world and and she would soon be there there alone alone with him in this beautiful world of their own Presently a figure in white emerges from the shadowy distance He starts to meet her her her- his heart in his eyes and a strange trembling in his hand He cannot trust himself to speak speak her her lips are turned up to his and tenderly he puts his arm around her Suddenly there is a crash He awakens with a start irie 1 he heink ink stand is on the floor his pipe has fallen to the table and before him grimly stares stares' that calculus book Tough luck J j r- r o |