Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1917 — PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

I hope to live to see the day when all the swords are put away, and all the guns are pawned; such blissful hopes and dreams ire mine, as deftly I put down in brine my second series bond. I hope to wake some smiling morn and see the soldiers plowing corn, or hoeing navy beans, to see those sailors cease to slay whom we beheld the other day conducting submarines. When once I see the dove of peace cavorting o’er us, slick as grease, I’ll lay aside my lyre, and say, “Since I have lived to see the shadow of that horror flee, I’m ready to expire.’’ I’m old and have tobacco heart, and aches and pains in every part, and dandruff in my I am weary of the strife, and for a long, long lease of life I truly would not care. But I would hate to quit before they end the carnival of gore, the reign of gun and sword; I want to hang around until they’ve tied a can to Kaiser Bill, and peace has been restored. And on that bright and fateful day I hope to chant one ringing lay, one grand triumphant ode; then, if you wish. I’ll soak my lyre, and throw my oak leaves in the fire, and hit the boneyard road. ,