Show in school days still flits sits the schoolhouse by the road A ragged beggar beggars sunning u anin around it stilt the su grow and blackberry vines are running within the tile masters desk is s seen eon deep scarred by raps official the warping floor the battered seats the tile jack knifed carved initial the charcoal frescoes on the walls its doors worn sill betraying the feet that creeping slow to school went storming etor ming out to playing long years ago a winter sun shone over it besetting lit up its western window panes an and n low eaves icy fretting it touched the tangled golden curls and brown eyes full of grieving of one who still her steps delayed when all the school were leaving for near her stood the little boy her childish favor singled his cap pulled low upon a face where pride and shame were mini aled gle pushing with restless feet the enow snow to ri right lit and left 1 he lingered As resu rest essly asly her ti tiny y hands the blue checked apron fingered he ile saw her lift her eyes ho he felt the soft bands lightly caressing and heard the trembling of hery oice As if a fault confessing tm im sorry ahat I 1 spelt the word I 1 hate late to go above you because Be camel the brown eyes lower fell because you see I 1 love you still memory to a gray ray haired man that sweet chila child face 1 is schowine dear girl the grasses on her grave have forty years been growing he ile lives to learn in lifes hard school how few who pass above him lament their triumph and his loss like her because they love jig him JOHN joun G i |