Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1911 — PRIDE BEFORE A FALL [ARTICLE]

PRIDE BEFORE A FALL

Up tn the air. so trim and taut. Ho sailed the summer sky; The breeze was cool and pleasant there-* He saw the birds so by. . But something snapped—we don’t knew what— « The cry was. "Coming down!” He landed where the sod was soft, Tet almost cracked bls crown. Some said, "A faulty steering gear,** Some said, "A broken plane," But all he knew was everywhere His body throbbed with pain. ■ The tittle birds were sailing still. As gaily as you please. Across the green and grassy lawn And high above the trees. They laughed to see the poor bird-man In such a doleful plight. And nearly every one of them ——- Opined, "It served him right!”