Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 137, 9 June 1907 — Page 12

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i&Snarto:3s2Uie notion got Within Iris tiny brain ThatThewasJust the grandest thing That walked xUpon the Plain. The other Bugs' were brainless trash At least -that's what he said; Though they;fin turn, all thought that he Had screws , loose in his head. Oneway,; wfiHewandering about, A.Bisomsdidne see, Andhiding'neath a leaf, . he. gasped: OtbetHiei'sjafterimer' Birtethlssgreaeastjust shuffled on, With eyes?giued- tor.the ground, InworkfcgSQUteavPanther's track WhichhethatfHately found. So, wheirrnjpssssd,Tthe Bug jumped out And'to his'legging clung; Thenbit.by'bit ne clambered up Tilfeonirhis horn. ne swung. Unmiridful of -this company The Scout went on his way, And soon; surprised the Panther which He'd. followed all the day. And then - they had a royal scrap, In;greatest fury clashed; With , roars and howls and thrusts and blows, They pummelled and they slashed. The: Bug perched high upon the horn And fought the empty air WittiTjabs and swings, as if he were Himself the whole affair. Tte&wnen the Bison won the fight And" rested for a space, The vBug got out his handkerchief And, puffing, mopped his face. Hecrawted out on the Bison's nose And said: "Say, comrade, WE Have had an awful battle, yet Have won the Victory. "I'm glad WE stayed together Or WE 'd have cause to moan, For things could not have turned out thus Had either been alone.

1now that I am heavy, So down-I'll clamber, lest I weary you with so much weight;

For you must have a rest?, "

Oh, thoughtful Monster, stay,; or go, The Scout said laughingly;, "I didn't know that you were there Until you spoke to me.!!.;

Now, like this Bug are many Folk , Who think they're simply great, Yet whose importance only lies Within an empty pate. X J. MORA.

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