Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1908 — AFTER THE INITIATION. [ARTICLE]

AFTER THE INITIATION.

The house is full of medicine And mystery profound. We cannot even run about Or make the slightest sound. They keep the big piano shut; » We cannot strike a note. The doctor's been here twenty times Since father rode the goat. He joined the lodge a week ago— Got in at four a. m.. And sixteen members brought him homo. Though he says he brought them. His leg was sprained, and one big rip Had rent his Sunday coat. The members had a jolly time When father rode the goat. He’s resting on the couch today And practicing the signs— The hailing, signal call and grip And other monkey shines. He utters passwords 'neath his breath, And other things he’ll quote. The members had an evening's work When father rode the goat. He has a brilliant uniform, AM red and white and blue, A hat with plujrtes and scarlet braid And golden badges too. But somehow when we mention It His visage waxes grim. We wonder if he rode the goat Or if the goat rode him. —C. L. Cory in New York Sun.