Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-31 | Page 5 | Walt Mason

e- Walt Mason PLAYTIME. If one Is wise and thrlftv 1'o.roughout his vouth and prime, he may retire at fifty, and have a dully time. Out here I where I m ndlduig the ..I.I dovi i nine to play; I see them gaily riding along pike all da- 1 sc.- their an' trundle, and . heer them as thev pass: ach nld boj das his bundle, and "an alfQXri the gas. i count them by the d )seajerthcse old boys come to play, whose gorgCODO hoats go buzzln' along the asphalt way. I The: 1 oilad and wrought like thunder in days of auld lang syne; thej gathered in the plunder and put It down In brine: the) pressed agulnsl their collars in busy days Of vure. anil earned the useful dollars, dol-lars, ami nailed them to the floor And when their locks were graving, they had . t .tore of wheels. Ihev ssld. "It's tune for playing and kicking up our heels. For ear'- we have been thrifty! no more we 11 put up Ice; declining years seem hlftv. when old boys have the price." My blessings Will pursue them as the.v go pasl , ' mv diinr bat other old boys v lew them with spirits ad and sore old Iwyv wlm I sill lare slaving, to earn the meagre kale. because they side-steppd :-av Ing w hen , Uioj were young and hale OO