Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1917 — MR. TROUBLE [ARTICLE]

MR. TROUBLE

Old Man Trouble come a-llmpln’ down de ' lane. Ke talk about de eunahine an’ he talk about rain. De sunshine it iis certain to perduce an awful drouth; An’ de rain will bring: a freshet If de wind Is fijom de south. Old Man Trouble saw de flow’rs a-bloom- ■ in’ gay. 'He said, "Dey’s nuffln’ only weeds dat can’t be cleared away! Tour hopes is muchly like ’em as so handsomely dey smile, An’ fade away like friendships In a very little whilq.” Old Man Troublg spoils de sunshine an’ de show’r. And everything dat blossoms is a weed an’ not a flow’r. Old Man Trouble, you kin travel on yoh way. I ain’t a-gineter listen to a thing you has to say. —Washington Evening Star.