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Show Dad's V arm Welcome to His Soldier Son When the call for recruits to boa the Ilindenburg line reached the earl of folks in UeiKly Hollow, a husky W, was In the field plowing the soil of tiii father. The lad In his idle moment! between milking and chopping wood had read much and filled his head with the doings of one Cinclnnaius. t Roman fanner of early days who lei the plow in the furrow at the call o! duty. Here was an appropriate tine to pull off the same stunt that Cm did, so he slapped himself on bis manly bosom and ejaculated in I wheezy Yankee dialect: "By gosr. when duty calls. I must go!" Well, be went. And he became 03-of 03-of the very marines that put the few to the Dutchman's progress, and 'ta lie returned, covered with glory --.'. medals, he hold out his hnd to hi-grumpy hi-grumpy old pa and askid: ' Weil, di: ain't you got nothin' to say to me o: my return from the war?" "Yes. 1 got a lot to say to you." replied re-plied old grump. "and that's this: i told you afore you left for the trende; to put the plow and drag under tif shed and ye didn't do It, so you S right out and do it afore you step ft In this house:" Eugsne Zliuroenni: in Cartoons and Movie Magazine. |