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I OH FUKKIHMOur buys imvc huddled their supplies mid hit the trull down the 1ln» Froparatory for a scrap to make oltl jjilly Bnstor shine; tTo uliow the tSreal. I am; a tiling n needs to know, hilt never learn* (‘(I,And how it seems the time is ripe for several ships to ho returned;He scoffs and laughs without a doubt at what he thinks a game Of bluff rBut when he faces Uncle Sam ; me-thiuKs he may have laughed enough,,And though, a scrapper of reiyvwiu from having trained two scol'O ofyears,Wo were in the woods brought up, at owls to tremble, full of fears +Wo much prefer the way of peace 1111 d that prevails if left alone But when aggression! comes too strong, e*en from the llozerhol-ltrn Throne, ■'We busy get, nor count tlie cost that Freedom may entail at last; Happy to know our cause is just, ami, taking off our hats, is past. Because we cannot well evade tor-pedos from a foreign shore.Thai come, along and sink, our ship*?heap insult at our every door; If we would stand for all of this ami valor we should prove to lack; Then even 13111 might well discern tho want of spines along our bach.Yes we are in to fight it out; protect our homes as that is fair As argument is not in line with headstrong Bill; he does not care To keep the peace; else why encroach.upon the rights of us at home; lie may lie glad in days to cotnc to moderate his frenzied tone;He may be glad to sue for peacft which wisdom has prescribed before;He would bo ruler of the earth; and ho and Cott, and no-one more. And then no doubt his fertile mind would fix things to his liking well ;lie might suggest a nap be. took-what thinks lie not; we cannot tell;But all suspicion lot us drop and cast conjecture quite aside;We know the leopard by its spots; its teeth and claws we have espied.And likewise felt, and now its time to play no more the game ofshame;But answer to Hie huglo call; a Loyal Lad, of Undo Sam.JOHN B. CABLE, Warren, Fa-, Sept. 20, 1917.
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Warren Evening Times
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 21, 1917
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