Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1919 — WALT MASON’S RYMES. [ARTICLE]

WALT MASON’S RYMES.

Now Freedom on her mountain height is feeling gay and wearing bells; her hosts have* won the biggest fight of which the page of hlst’ry tells. We’ve seen the tyrant’s scepter drop, the tyrant sinking in despair; our precious boons are still on tbp, our bulwarks’ right side up with care. z We’ve heard the hour of justice strike, we’ve seen right triumph over wrong, so let us, for the love of Mike, be happy as the day is Jong. I hear men say, f’We’re face to face with problems that will sear our souls; how dhall we teach the Russian race to strive for better, higher goals? The flag of anarchy will, fly, we fear us mush, in every breeze; how can we throw bur hats on high, arid face conundrums such as these?” , I say, “One problem at a time; we’ll solve them all, or break a slat; we’ve stopped the Prussian course of crime, and paralyzed the autocrat, This, the hour of our delight, our cause is gained, the battle’s won! And Freedom’s eyes are bright 7 as stars as from her mountain she looks down, for in the crimson glare of Mars she won the jewels in her crown. Oh, may her course be calm) and sweet -in all the fateful years to come! • So let us, for the love of Pete, take oft the lid and make things hum. > In Sweden the publid houses are closed on Saturday, which is - pay day, while the savings banks are kept open until midnight.