“I ketched thet ’ar Buck feller ’fore ’e’s up,

An’ taken out another Lib’ty bond.

’Pears like I gotta back them boys that’s left

In France jes’ twict ez strong now’t Lon has went.”

The
Skillet Fork

XXVI
November

Sich a mornin’ o’ glory I’ve rar’ly saw,

Tho’ they tell me thet Winter is nigh;

The sun’s fairly glary, an’ hez a reel carry,