The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-07-28
MY EXPERIENCE i'm THE LEGTgL AZURE
(By c. H. B. Floyd)
(By c. H. B. Floyd.)

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men and affairs. wonderful mem
DRY which preserves for him the
flower of his wide reading, and if he
had not said that l was pugnosed,
fat, obese, little wooden-headed frog,
| would probably burn incense be-
fore his altar and spasm around about
how great he is. will say this,any-
how, when he vouchsafed to talk to
me l was sorry the place was not
more public so that others could see
him.
| intended to make a charcoal
sketch of Reese and Felkel in this
chapter but my mental operations
have been confined for the last twelve
hours thinking how easily Bauskett
might have me arrested for libel if
did not tone down the attack con-
tanned in the line, Taking him all
and ali BausFett is a vicious, little,
malevolent, peppery, cynical snob-
bish, wasp" Forgive me. dear Willie,
that is partly true, but only partly
true; don't have me arrested for libel,
son. it would put a stop to my pretty
line of publicity; dear Bauskett, you
remember that clever play we had at
the expense of poor Representative
knight, of Key West, who kept saying
you can't do anything to Knight"
and you kept saying, Floyd what are
you really going to do tonight?" All
of the time the gentleman from Key
West imagining that I was intending
some violence to him, knight.
1t was Bauskett who began that
wonderful exhibition Of Punism, and
We would have made it much more in
teresting if Mr.. Ruge standing by
had not thought all hands were about
to begin striking jaws, and vicariously
intefered and explained to knight the
point of the joke. Bauskett, old man,
if you don't arrest me for criminal
libel l will have Fred Fee send you a
crate of pineapples next year at the
expense of Fred Fee.
The usual length of my chapter l
find has been reached, but l shall run
in here a sonnet which grew out of
the idea expressed in the first para
graph or so, of chapter l, which idea
partly stole from Louise Collier
Wilcox. The idea that the great
thing is to say something: to make
report of what you do: to break into
the Poe. Coleridge, Shelley, Haw-
thorne class; in the long run this
bunch are the benefactors of the race;
why one of these DULLES could have
gone to the last meeting of the Flor
dia house of representatives, and, be-
cause he was there, a light that new
forever over that meeting: it would !
have been embalmed in gold; spell |
out of the Eternal would have been |
woven over it, so that forever Jen- |
nings would have measured his ap- |
pearance against that of Washington; I
Reeves would have thrilled the soul
with an exhibition of character; the |
out of the window would !
have forever lifted the white breast |
to the warm sun and to the sad moon,
bidding always the languid Juliet
flower farewell.
Thief!
You mute, inglorious Milton-selish
one
You feel enormous joy and suffer
pain;
You see the star-rise and the turn
ing Vain;
You see the blue electric current run
The August twilight through from low
ering, dun
Oppressive thunder clouds, and do
not deign
I'll tell me what you think of these!
| fain
Would learn your thought of noun
tain, sea and sun.
Embezzler of the yellow coin of
speech,
Speak out! =
Last night, did not your lips kiss
AS splendid as the lips of Paola gave
Francesca, give? The full moon on
the beach
Rose in your face-what can you say
of this?
Dumb Homer, every thought you
have, we Gravel
WEALTH OF HAIR