The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
me LADY AND THE BEAR.

TMB LADY AND THE BEAR
They stood upon the corner where
The trafnc swift rolled by.
She was lady passing fair
with dark and fiashing eye.
While he was tail and very spare
In fact, homely guy.
That they weremarried one might see
Zen though the eyes were dim.
Their car they boarded hurrfedlees
With faces set and grim;
He spoke no word. to her and she
Addressed no word to him. n
The crowded car lurched on Its way
With whine and screech and clang;
His feet not being made OF clay
He breathed q soulful "dang!"
For with lot Of others they "a
ponsstraps were forced to haae
Il hope" he growled, ''the birds deceased
Who planned these darned straps-ugh!r-
Il wouldn't care'-her brow was creased
ITO hold on long, It's true
She smiled-"or not as long, at least
As I've hung on to you!"
ONE gathers, after casual perusal Of Mr..
Brisbane's editorials in the various Hearst
lions because it contains too much Bull.
Presumably the Young Man Had Been All
Broken Up About Something.
(From Tie Dubuque Times-Journal.
Lampe is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Lampe, and disappeared strange
ly from Rockford, where he had been
employed, the latter part of last week
He was % years of age The young man
was united in this city by Rev. Bell 2
week ago.
WOULD it astound you to learn that Ben
jamin Franklin intends to cast a vote in the
coming presidential election? Then prepare
to be astounded, for Benjamin Franklin, aged
81, is registered in Pittsburgh Pa.
"Well, Anyhow, We COULD Of Put Out tn Fire.
(Galva Corr, Peoria JournaD.
1t is thought spark from the
railroad train nearby started the fire. The
new chemical truck was called out for
the first time, but the fire was out be-
fore they reached the house.
LAMPING a headline Mayor Suffers In
tense Pain" we feverishly scanned the story
beneath, only to throw the paper aside in dis
appointment. The story didn't refer to Bigbill.
MOSES, BITTER FOE OF LEAGUE
LEADS .PRTMARY."-Chicago Tribune.
Not he of the bulrushes; this is Moses of
the bull rushers.
HAVE you never heard the sweet singing
Of THE Buckeye Poet" Of Peoria, ILL.,? Oh,
but really, you must hear him. Attune your
souls to his throbbing Tyre while we MARBLE
a few lines from a recent masterpiece in the
Peoria Star:
The billions of humans since this world begun
That has held up their heads and gazed on the
sun,
And the sight to them was the same to us,
Though their Spirit has gone and their bodies
to dust,
Not one of them has ever returned
Or sent US a message so we could learn,
Or have said one word SO we could understand
What becomes Of the spirit Of immortal man.
THE sheriff of Elk Point, S. D., was re-
GENTLY robbed of his coat and pants. He has
| the vest but announces that as a hard winter
is approaching he would appreciate the re-
turn Of the coat and pants. R.this. however, /:
not agreeable to the thief the sheriff will gladl,
give him the vest to complete the suit. In tina,
event the sheriff will, we take it, pin his sta,
on his undershirt.
The Lllhput1An Fire Department
| From the Youngstown Telegram).
! Weymouth, Mass, Sept. Joe Gal
liant, small boy who halls from the,
woods Of Maine, thought q fire-alarm box
was birdhouse. He pulled the lever to
see the birds come out. They didn't but
the IRE department did
WHY" plaintively asks department stor
ad in the Cedar Rapids Republican, do W.
occasionally use comparative prices?" Must b
because they occasionally have an aversion TO
comparative prices.
THE senate committee investigating cam
paign funds furnishes unique contrast d
most politicians
THE Moore they get the less they want
| r. E. MG.