The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-10-25


have received an unusually sweet smile
from the widow. After a few original re
marks about the weather | quietly led
him aside to talk with linn in private
about his poem ''Now look here,
said |. lyon have many friends in the
world and none OF them prizes YOU more
highly than H. But one thing Is certain,
if you persist in thinking yourself a poet
and impose on Your friends such nonsense
as Non have on me. YOU Will soon lose
your last friend and find yourself in an
insane asylum. People don generally
read poetry: but when they do they can
distinguish nonsense from true sentiment.
Your sea Sickness indicates that You have
brains: do use them in the proper way
and Try with all youi might to conceal
this weakness Of YOURS
Without the least olfense to my sereni
IL. he replied that it didn't need brains
TO write poetry, but that it did need them
to appreciate it. He wanted me to give
him his last poem again, for he was feel
ing better now and would like to revise it.
ssGood Heavens. mani | cried, 'the
best way you can revise that is to burn
it. don understand why my friend
was SO patient under my criticism, for his
poetic bump is the most sensitive part
about hlm except his cornS.
Well, the day wore away, as days have
a habit Of doing: the only incidents worthy
OF mention being the passing of a steamer
and my finding my friend in the smoking
room. The former incident showed us at
what a tremendous speed we were going.
and the latter seemed to heal Il breach in
our friendship. was going down the
after Stairs and the desire seized me to
have the steward brew me a class Of lem
onade ON approaching the smoking room
door. SAW my tllend sitting comfortably
III al easy cham. watching and seemingly
much interested in 4 game Of poker. He
saw me at the same instant and pIctcnd
ed M be having more difficulty with his
eyes. Eol he took Oft his ereetacleS wiped
them carefully. tried to put them on up-
size down. dropped them on tile floor,
iipled over a boN Of sand in hunting
lor them, and finally clept under the ta-
ble and out the othtl side, where he arose.
stood undecided tor a moment and then
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