Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-19 | Page 5 | Walt Mason

oo - WALT MASON i ON FOOT On aching feet I pace the street, anil tlnd tho labor shocking; wllh fear and dread I look ahead I'll spend the long years Walking. Some other man Will drive my van and l;lck up dust anel gravel; some other CUSSwfll tool my bus. while on my le-gs I travel. No more, alas I'll presi tlio gas and keep the speed cops busy; the sheriff came and played his Kuine. und took nwiiy my Lizzie, in times remote 1 bought that boat and I could well afforel it I h.id the mon my toll hael won, and I had learned to hoard it. But every ev-ery cent and knpeck wi-nt to keep my bus a-choolng; day niter day I went my way. with creditors pursuing The motor boob must buy S. tube, a spark dug r a casing, for somo blamed part to store or mart ho is forever racing. Mv ood. long green boupht gasoline and tires and oil and greases; I grind my teeth I can't bequeath two nlekles to my nieces. A few brief years of gas and gears, and elown the road I dusted; a few gay trips before eclipse, and now you see- mo busted. Oh, other oth-er Jays may go their ways In limousines limou-sines quite gaudy, while up the street on rlngboned feel i drag my weary body. Oh, oiher rubos may purchase tubes and tlrs thai do no skidding while I K'-t thee ori Shank's old mare, at yonder sheriff's bidding.