University of Oregon monthly., October 01, 1908, Image 20

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S'h^’recfe'ijX’es
opens if frantically,, (w ith thje usual fore-
and ta k e ^ o u S M b r 'picture- w ith a bullet "hole
'rig h t through hhef center.
n business of fainting, I h ^ f erics',- etc.|f
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Six rrionths' later.
- ^ h ^ < ^ e ttin * g ‘:
He^bine Aisbqvey’e d ^ a lQ ^ w ith the conventional book ö f-poetry.
A step is heard 'o'ht’^ide. h^lre”g b v ^ the usual s ta f t'a n d listens in­
tently. Door opens suddenly and f e p enters, sa^i^ve andjwell, except
Q B J piohoiiude'h lini^<: ^C-&tafh ^ S ^ i d e 1 B B B and-convention-
"ally^M ds out his*Mrms\ £ T Jsualscene.
'^ ^ B u t—th e ^ d th r e ? ”^ a s{ ^ ^ n asfsheLean/catch h et breath.
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I know,” he Taltefs | H e ^ s is th a t he m ust tpll the truth,
and g o W o n /b r a '^ y , “pefo^e^hevbattle I had 'been looking a t your
'beautiful image, and w hen the firing' started^ iiw a sj-rrh th e r dis-
| B R | h n d ^ ^ y ^ ^ V e n tfn in d e d l^ ^ g itrth e ^ fiq tu re ' in my-Ahip pock-
B instead—”
Tableau. (£ jh ick ‘curtgin.
Q h lfc.A fcC . S., ’09.
T o a h rO a k T re e
B H 6 uncrowned, yet .Worthy, o ffe th ro n e ,
A m onarchy to w'ering'bleader oh H kind,'
rh^?^t, undaunted by" the fiercest wind
And dearibsA&pi ^ie^ fehrpest’O h re a te n in g i t 'o n ^ ’x
battled for his aw n ,n
A gainst aqNorffifwhose forcesfssemed unkind,
But*made him strong a s ir o n bandA entw ined, I
'A nd «brought a rfid n a f^T tq rh a seed there sown. '
'@|itline<Sh^a!i nt the' w inter’^ s till,’ gray sky,
He'W aves h is‘spectral a r m s ^ 'e a tte d b’er w ith snow,
And bidsAlefiance do the'pierciogfw ind.
B utI s©bh?(i th ^ u m m e r ’s soft, green brasses lie
Along fiis .branches a n d th e n first leaves blow
Tor N ature’s Lord’ js'-geptle, now,, and kind.
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