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Show FRIENDS OF LONG AGO H I "PJ ' I I sat ono night beneath tho mazda's IJ glow BJ And penned a verso on "Friends of IJ Long Ago." IJ "Ah! Tell mo whoro you aro to- H night," I wroto H With tear dimmed eyes and choking, Bl tightened throat. H My verses finlshod, sped on their H way IJ And they wore published, Just tho H other day. H At yostormorn tho mailman's doublo H Ting H Awakened mo from dreams of balmy H spring. . -. fV My letter box was stuffed and flowing fl rj o'er. j A dozen missives lay upon tho floor. A nameless Joy, a wild, ecstatlo thrill, Swept o'er mo as I realized thai Bill And May, Clyde, Jake, Ned, Roy and Ruth nnd Jog Hnd, each and ovory one, sat down to wrlto And tell their old chum whoro thoy were thot night. Tho Rov'rcnd Haskin's boy, long leg- ' gcd Joo, Gives tango lessons now, at ten per throw Dear Uttlo May tho shrinking violet Became n window smashing suffragette; suffra-gette; Whllo ragged Ned who oft had naugnt to oat. Has Just cleaned up a million bucks in wheat. Old Jake, who blacked my oyo with fine effect, Now touches mo by telegraph col- loct. And Clyde, who woro long curia till ho was eight, Has Just knocked out tho champ,- Young Kid McPhato. And Roy, tho smartest boy n town by far, Now gathors nlckols on a Broadway car. Poor Bill I I feared that ho'd go wrong somo day Ho'b In tho sonato now porhaps "lo Btay. Whllo Ruth, my sweetheart onco oxcubo theso grTns Sends photos of hor kids and nix are twins! E, F. Mclntyro. |