Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1902 — “SPRING FEVER.” [ARTICLE]

“SPRING FEVER.”

’Long about this time o’ year I sort o' git a wish I c’d jus' cut loose a spell an’ fish an' fish an' fish; Gittin’ all-fired weary of th’ stuffy, sweaty town. Want to go where I can hear the water tricklin’ down Thru a medder summers an’ in underneath a tree, Where th' ol’ sun kind o’ peeks an' shimmers down at me, Set there by a pool an’ smoke an’ think an' fish. W’y. sir, ’Long about this time o’ year that's wuth a livin' fer. One day saw a little gal a dabblin’ of her feet -«». In a gutter stream that made a puddle in the street, Siftin’ there upon the curb an’ keepin' mighty still. Had a bent pin on a line an, fishing' fit to kill. I stood there a achin’ fer to hug that kid an’say: “You’re all right an’ this ol’ man is feelin’ Jis' that way.” ’Long about this time o' year fer workin’ I ain’t fit; Got the fishin' fever on an’ coin’t git over it. 15’8111 to git out all alone an’ set a dreamin' dreams, Want to smell the pine trees an' to hear th’ mountain streams; Want to git on top th’range an’ waller in th’ snow. Then look down an’ see the world a mile er two below. There is somethin’ magic in a breath o’ mountain air, Makes a feller feel somehow that God Himself is there. ’Long about this time o’ year, w’y, don't you understand? Want to go to nature an’ to grab her by the hand. —Denver News.