The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-09
A SUN BATH.
How Walt whitman Caused Gentle
 man to Spend Terrible Night,

How Walt Whitman Caused a Gentle
 man to Spend a Terrible Night,
 Mir. Washington Glare IS an arden, ad- mirer of Walt Whitman. thc poet. and the ether day. when he read the follow. ing, he pu, the paper aside with the de termination 10 initiate the example "Wah Whitman, the poet, when the weather permits. goes out into the woods, strips naked and takes what he terms a sun bath"
 The neN, day the sun shone warmly when Mir. Glare went into the woods To mediate on A forthcoming poem to he rejected by the local newspaper The air was soft and the birds hopped around as though to welcome the approach of spung.
 That little paragraph mused Mir Washington Glare " lets me into the sc cret of Whitman's curious inspiration sun bath Why Il IS perfectly natural that the great orb of all hgh, should insp ire l shall remove my clothes and stretch my limbs in this golden bath ef nature Ah. its genial warmth stirs up and quit kens the pulses of my muse" as he pulled of his shirt. This ambient flood pours on me like the dew of sof, music. extracted l by spirit oi puresi light. and he folded hls trousers and placed them beside his coat. He could not help cast ms an admirIng glance A, his Tai mcnt. for the clothes were new. and Tn truth, the only sut To which Mr Washington Glare had a ti,le jus, al ,ha, particular time. He walked. around for a time. musing m broken measure. A low growl arrested hls attention Look ing around Tn alarm. he saw an enormous dog. which he al once recognized as the property of an old negro who lved Tn the neghborhood
 What's the matter with you, Ring"
 The dog gfowled and showed his teeth.
 ou, king Go away from here. you scoandfei."
 The dog parked furously. and made break for Nr. Glare The unfortunate gentleman took to has heels. The dog SCI Up yell and followed, gaining ground so rapidly tha, Mir. Glare every ever, moment expected to feel his teeth. The poet, feal;Hng how ridiculous Il would be io leave the woods, sprang ID small tree us, as the dog was in the act of nabblng hum. Here, seated in A l fork ot refuge, he was safe bu, hang H. ,he dog began io gnaw the tree and howl
 Co away, yoa stoundrel, breaking off A dead prong and throwing Il Al the animal. The dog caught the piece of wood and ground I, 10 fragments. Several hour, passed, and the air grew less balny A cloud shu, of the sun bath and a cold wind sprang up. Confound Whitman and hls peculian,ies, exclaimed Mr. Glare. Go away from there. you ugly brute, or IT come down and kck the liver ou, of you
 The dog seemed 70 smi.e A, ihe threat, Darkress alne on The ~lnd blew feaftaily cold. and he poe' siapped h.sa- self n A vain effor; Q keep warm The o~ner of the dog. hearing he nose. came ~i,h his axe
 nt. him down old boy gii hin Go.n ie' he's coon.
 Say. Ali. 4.led Nf. t,.Are.
 What's lat '-
 Don, you know ne Drye the dog away
 Good l.A~d, q. dogs dan ueed de devil, ard the old negro run away. Mr. Glare called after hlm, but the su- perstiiious old man ran. 10, daring to look back until he fell oyer his yard fence. Mir. Glare beg an so deseend from the tree, bu; low gro~l drove him back Again n h,s fork. he sat wlth ehat;enng teeth and benumbed join,s Dayl gh. slowly came The dog was s,Iil Al :he root oi the tree.
 Mir Glare shouted until the old negro came
 Good i-a~d, man. ~ha, yer dom ap da' rec
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