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THE
CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
man to whom he remarked: “ You look just about
the way I feel. Receptions of this kind are certainly
the most tiresome things ever invented.”
“ Yes,” the tired-looking man admitted, rather
sadly, “ they really are a little tiresome at times.”
“ Why, they bore you to death,” went on Jones,
glad to have found a fellow sufferer. “ Say, why
don’t you go home?”
“ Me? Oh, I am home. This is my house, you
know,” the other bored one answered.
SO M E T R E E
“ You fellows never saw big trees,” said the stran
ger to the loafers in the village tavern. “ Why, when
I was out in California they felled a hollow tree over a
ravine that was too deep and would cost too much to
build a bridge across. One day when I was coming
through this tree with a load of hay I met another man
with a load of hay coming through the other end. I
couldn’t back out nor go ahead; neither could he.”
“ What did you do?” they asked breathlessly.
“ Why, he stammered, “ I backed into a hollow
branch and let him pass by.”
BUCKLE DOW N
Buckle down and meet it whatever it
may be,
Nothing’s very easy, though we make
it so with glee,
Buckle down and face it, with the sun •
shine on your shield.
If you buckle down and meet it,
there’s a chance that it will yield.