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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1916, Page 2

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(I3y WALT MASON.)

"When I return from having fun, in rustic glades. with rod and gun. all tanned and fit and gay, 1 do not think it kind to prate, of fun 1 had. to sonic poor skate who couldn't get away. When 1 roamed mountains picturesque. .Jim Wax was td'fing at his desk, to keep the wolf aloof; all summer long he strained his brow to lift the mortgage from his cow, and also from his roof. So it would be coarse work to coine to poor oWi Jim and say, "By gum. I had a splendid time! You should have been out there With Jne. where one can snoop around and see all kinds of things sublime!" Instead 1 say "I envy you, who always have some work, and never need to skip, to keep from being doubly bored, to blow in wealth you can't afford on .some uvird, bughouse trip! Vacations are a false alarm : 'tis only distance gives them charm, for when you try them out and sleep in tents and eat canned beans, you -sigh for old .familiar scones, and hate yourself, old scout!' Then Jim, whose fivee was sad and stern, and who had woe and grief to burn, because be could not roam, looks u)) and* says his face alight, "1 guess that's true! T think you're right. "I'm glad, I stayed at home."