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Show Walt Mason Story Recalled by Woman (Special to Tin- Standard xamlner) BV SNSTi'.V. Vyo.. J.ui. 11. An au-l thontic anecdote of the boyhood days of ivali Uaeon, recdllod by the publication publi-cation of his prose poems, is told bv Mrs. Clifton Brooks of this clt-v Thi story reads like this: When Walt Mason was a lad of about 17. he worked as n hired man foi a farmer near Efrankfort, Kan. when It wat ihe custom to 'lay In" a barrel of sorghum for winter uee. i l:'iulj.p. ,i with a C''.' pit wagon and team of white horses, Walt was sent' by his employ. r on this errand ft was a warm October day and Walt as usual, took his time, though hi team in thl9 case prevented haste even! if the driver desired II- lul Wall was' aiv, 13 t friendly and today h mot ' many friends with whom he spent a' ... . 01 uigiiuuriy con-i yersatlon as he drevc with his barrei-tul barrei-tul of good, old go'den can sowhum vhen h. drove into the farhivard lit was discovered that tho barrel was' j empty. Th, iticky SVrup had leaked all over th-.: wheU and tongue and th- horetfs switching their talis had covered their hind quarters until thev ' j resembled huge sticks of molases oanay Flying m a cloud about the out-1 fi? were myriads of insects which Walt 1 occupied in conversation; hnd nver' noticed on the waj . 1 oo - |