Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1914 — Long and Short. [ARTICLE]

Long and Short.

The longest hour of all my life. 1 never, never shall forget;' It was an hour of painful strife, - Remembrance of it grieves me yet; *Twas not where mighty armies clashed With shells exploding in the air. Nor where wild billows madly splashed—*Twas In & heartless dentist’s chair. The shortest hour that I recall Was not an hour I spent alone Beside the falreat girl of all On whom the sun has ever shone; It was the hour when she was late And, while she made herself superb. Allowed the taxicab to wait At my expense beside the curt*.