Show the sailing twins ar 4 t this ahls poem was contributed contil buted by mrs s harriet Thor riley of layton in honor nor of lier her nephews albart L and a herbert abert J twin sons of mr air a and mrs s asa L Dick sonn of Riel iville barn feb 28 1920 who are now in the service of the navy corps on the U B S Che cheeser oser edor edlor THE SAILING TWINS albeit and herbert so they say were born a as s twins on the self samo same day they equalled squalled equal squal led and squirmed us as babies will li 11 took ten people to deop the them lj buil 11 in spite ol of calr and brew bieu bie u one took on weight thrived and grow for it seems that albert got tile the lead and poor herbert looked looke d bad indeed we shook our heads when owe we looked at him think so much of thisbe this be bs ing a twin twill they were not alike no ced cd to switch por ilor we always knew which one was which while the hair on albert haq wa a beautiful red the fuzz on herbert was white instead at last jut we could see tho progress was slow tile the puny one began to grow A few years went by it was strange somehow the little one was the big one now and thus it was they grew up it was always about nip alp and tuck no grea great t difference this way or that they were about equal in any spat thley went to school for bite a spell passed their exams and said oil oh wll well 11 were grown up were most nineteen A sailors difed be right keen well go and enlist ind and join tile the gobs who are out on oil own looking for jobs so with parents consent they signed the slip that would be a passport on a U S ship they had their way they got their wish to leave heave and ho and feed the fl fah 11 so well say to you when youre on your way to do what right from day to day and when things go wrong and you feel like lieck heck use your knees for something besides scrub the deck and dont forget when your pals would boo that you ire are clean through and through for right is right and wrong la ks wrong se be yourselves and yontl get along remember your dad as a good old oil mout scout who is clean inside as well as out and a mothers love and a mothers prayers should keep you from the tempters snares havel try and remember what they have said do your work and keep your head sail the seas till youre ame amely anchored in lifes great port |