Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1918 — SOULS [ARTICLE]

SOULS

By HAROLD CRAWFORD STEARNS

of the Vigilantes. I have a German neighbor Who has a son Twelve years old, Yesterday afternoon He was playing In the yard. Some other youngsters passed And called out: “Hey, Joey, you Germans are, going to get licked. How do you like being a German, Joey?" Joe’s cheeks flamed And his little fists clenched. “I ain’t a German, see!” he cried. And there t were tears In his voice And his soul? Were tears there, too? We and ours Must be very careful these days About the souls Of youth.