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O regon M o n t h l y
■iii-S feet under a pile of leaves»«atid when his m a-got abou-k' tw enty
feet from him yelled to us fellers, $
“No, b o y s » promised'rfra th a t I wouldn’t go in the w ater a t all
an; if you coax me any imore I ’ll go «home.” Then he "turned, aroupd
and Saw his ma^fesgblly he | | B surprised.. -
I Hbot-y doye down and sife-tick "bis-bead in th e m ud. I I thought
K irky had- gone clean daft, ’cause of meetin’ his md ;so’ sudden. ,W-hy
he had beep in all afternoon.
T hen his m a -stopped and -said, “H arry, m y | g R f th a t little
Egerspn lad told me h e had seen you go Swimming, bu-^< knew
better than th a t myself. Gofhe home soon, dear, and don’t ,gp^m
-the water.* I
I kBy the time his mav-had reached the .tqp-od, the hill,-K irky had
h is shirt off, and when the to p pf,-the. b u g g y was put" of sig h t there
was a splash—K irky was showin’ h o y rto float, Ho<jt^ w as Je V n in ’
dast an’ I was w onderin’ how I ’d hate, to b e th e Egerson kid the next
tim e K irky .saw. him.
feimnu'h
W hen far aw ay from home and places dear,
Though many be the joys which you may hold
A nd-proven be. y bur friends as.precious gold,
And all the future,seem .both bright and' clear,
Y et ever at some note w hich you riiay- hear,
The clps<d kdaveS- ©f past days you-timf-old,
And memo'ry w ith her troop of Ion-gh0fii?H ?;,
Steps in and so®n’ ofeliterates^fhe cheer;
W hich for a tim e had, blotted ou t the p a s t ^ '
B ut o h ! the 14<ih folk” and the dear old hom e!
W hy do we alw ays yearn do travel fast
Dbwn lifeis- hard road and further still to r o a m g ^
W e o ft-iorget whe;n i n our hurried strife
T hat-hom e’s.th e best-place in this earthly life.
Francis-.Oberteuffer