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Show EPIGRHYMES: Say, I feel Jest as though Td took some candy from a child ; an' I have sure apologised, apolo-gised, but ain't yet reconciled recon-ciled to havln' spoke THE cottln' words that weren't a bit deserved 1 so I WILL . give a warnin' that had ought to be observed ; I seen Cy JInklns loafln' on the street his daily Job an, feelln' patriotic, I yelled out: "Say, Cy, you Slob, why don't ye quit yer foolln' an yer everlastln brng, an' go an' give yer worthless self to help support The Flag?" Cy looked at me a minute, then he smiled, a-weary-llke ; he took me by the arm, an' we went moochin' up the pike. "A month ago, ol' Bill," says be, "I sartln would bin sore FOR thet remark, but, Bill, Tve knowed ye twenty year, or more. I knows ye said It fer ter help The Flag an' wuthless me, an' so Til tell ye, honest. Bill but confl-' dentlally. I borrowed twenty dollars an' I sneaked straight out o' town ; the Army doctor fried my heart well. Bill, they turn me down ! I goes to work fer Hank, next week ; thet twenty-H 6oon be paid ; I ain't much good, but, please, ol' Bill, don't think I was afraid 1" O. Olbber knew I Today they's lots o' honest hearts thet bleed, consoled by nothln' 'cept THE thought o' some slch secret DEED. Eobert RnsselL "The,will for the deed." (Copjrlght, 1S17, bj Int'l PrM Burt til.) |
