Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-13
THE RAWLINGS Of
AN ABSENT KNIGHT
Out Among the csesl HIS Heart
Comes Back to Loved Ones and
Lives Again.


est to members. whether present OF
not. and the following thoughts were
dispatched by an absent brother to be
read at this meeting. which was en-
ioyed by those present
Eagle Pass. Tex. Nov 2s.-Toast
master. Knights OF Pythias Banquet.
Castle Hall. Bryan Tex.-Dear Broth
er knights: TITS long way 10 Tip
perary. but my hearts right there
SO sang the loyal son OF Erin. And
so sing |. Only would substitute
your Castle Hall for Paddy's Tippe
rary. The way the wayworn pilgrim
must travel. II is more than five hun
dred miles from where you feast to
night IN your Castle Hall'to where :
famish In my loneliness. You are sur
rounded by love. laughter and song;
I'm surrounded by cayuse, cayenne
catolsw. cacti. coyote aud Carranza
How do | feel? Well. wouldn't
"trade my shoes for a bottle Of
booze" just now. largely for the rea.
son that couldn't drink the mescal.
nor could | possibly get out Of this
wilderness OF catclaw and cacti with
unsandaled feet. No man could.
The wise man who wrote the eight.
zenith and nineteenth verses OF the
thirty.ilrst chapter OF Proverbs said
There be three things that know
not. yea four that are too wonderful
for me; the way OF an eagle In the
air. the way Of ship on the sea. the
way OF serpent on rock and the
way OF man with a maid" II the
seer who penned these lines away
back In the dawn OF creation shclld
come to earth and should attempt to
again state the things too wonderful
for his comprehension. fancy he
would add the fifth wonder. and II
would probably read: "Why even .
Texan Is willing TO fight for this d-n
country on the Rio Grande.r
All that stuff about life and love
and Laska. down by the Rio Grande"
may be good poetry. but from the
standpoint OF fact. ! regard II as pure
de bunk. True. "the little gray
hawk" is here. So Is the black snake
gliding on" And so Is the coyote.
exactly as Mark Twain described him.
"two.thlrds the size Of yaller dog
and principally vocal" But as to
"I.aska and love" BAH Positively,
n had to live in country like this
I'd say. with the rapid fire poet:
"Ship me some where east Of Suez.
Where the best Is like the worst.
Where there amt no Ten Command.
ments.
And man can raise thirst"
| would. I'd positively. Id rather
be a peasant and wear wooden shoes"
In Brazos County. than to be a lord
OF the manor In this God-forsaken re
gion. II Shakespeare had lived on
the Rio Grande instead OF on the
Avon | wonder II the world would
taUa. had that haautff,,l ,htInaauht
about sermons In stones. books In
running brooks. and good In every
thing" ] doubt II. But why should
worry about this region? There are
those who like it-or claim TO like IT,.
anyway. Let them have H. I'll moi
fuss with them. Neither win pub
lish my opinion Of their country Blu,
I'll come back TO you and to Bryan.
and there I'll commune with friends
who are every ready and willing TO
oondone my weaknesses and to lend
me ten" when I'm broke.
know you are having a bully good
time tonight Gun almost taste.
even across this desert. the. chicken
prepared by Bob" Webb and Henry
Locke. My but Il must be delicious.
And how Jim Hare must be enjoying
H. And there are others. ! remem
Der, who have a special tooth" for
chicken. There's Clarence Scale and
Julius Christian and Judge Maloney
and ]. ID. Mann and Marvin Wallace
and I'D Martin and John NJ. Caldwell
and "Gllly" Wilson and Billie Fair.
man and Bob" Smith and John
Moore and Major Reed and Stewart
Boatwright and Frank MCGEE and
but what's the use. II there is a
knight In the whole bunch that
couldn't register as Methodist un,
der this particular score, have failed
to meet him
can not only smell that chicken
away out here on the Rio Grande. !
fancy can hear. even across the
sands OF the desert. those silver.
tongued orators. Tom Conally. Law
Henderson. John Moore. Judge Ma.
loney. "Gilly" Wilson and many 9th.
ers. predict now that Il win be an
irreparable loss TO the worlds lltera-
ture and iorntory IN Won fail IN nre.