Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-12-19
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tune / near Cne HuIl VI al OH PlniS,
feel like l should duck and run for
cover. never had such keen reali-
zation of the impulse which drives a
chicken to seek safety when it hears,
or sees, hawk lowering in the blue
ethereal expanse, and I am no chicken
eyether.
And l amt the only one, either.
I've got plenty of company. WE'LL
we've got something on our side.
Somebody has said that discretion
is the better part of valor." And I've
also read somewhere that, "He who
fights and runs away, lives to fight
another day." To tell the truth, l
don't like to fight today nor any 9TH
or day. There's nothing attractive to
me in the fight game.
And it's rather amusing to hear
what this one and that one and the
other one are going to do when the
Bltzkrieg-if that isn't right, you
smell it-comes along. We all have
uicked out our places to hide our car
cases in, if we only have time to
make it. read an old fable in the
years gone by about a sort OF head
gear which made the individual IN
visible when he clapped on his top
niece. I've thought of that piece OF
wearing apparel as being mighty use
full these days. However, clapplng
that on, would not be of much avail II
a scrap of bomb should decide to IN
vestigate your ribs or cerebral do
mains. A piece of hot metal don't
have to see you to smack you.
Yet, self-preservation is the first
law of nature. That's another COM
forting adage and sort of affords US
consolation il our feet and legs be-
come unmanageable and decide to
make us move whether we want to or
mt, Of course, there are other relics
of literary ana which are not so COM
forting. Somebody said-I am I'M
certain as to it's authenticity, maybe
YOU can find it either in the Bible or
in Shakespeare, those two sources
containing about all that is worth re-
peating-that "Cowards die a thous-
and deaths before they die;" can't
vouch for the exact wordage-mem-
ory is not as good as it was. But
that's the one think about, too, when
l feel like quickening my pace, as 1t
were.
How-some-ever, / started to say
something about where there might
be a good hide-out, when the signal
comes to blackout. Where are you
going? There have been lots of places
mentioned to me, but / don't' be-
heve I've heard from you. For my
self, I think I'll hike out to Winter
Quarters and crawl under the log cab
in. I saw dog under there the 9TH
or day, but if he doesn't disturb me,
III let him lie there in peace and COM
fort. and won't ask anything abuot
fieas, either.
Somebody told me that he Cor she
/ Just forget) was thinking of eXplor-
ing the cellar. But that didn't sound
to me as a good place to sleep, with
a possibility of the roofs coming
down and acting as bed covering. One
good lady said she was going out to
visit her country cousin, and ask for
lodging in the corn crib, wagon house,
or COW she'd She thought, maybe,
there would be no chance of much
light being thrown on the situation
out there. Maybe not.
Some brave young men said they
were building a bomb-proof boat and
would explore the length, breadth,
and depth of Polly Henderson's gut,
Dividing Creek, and "Tarrapin Gut"
If they could be found there, then it
was positive proof that Democracy
was doomed. Other people thought
that digging a hole in the sands of
Ocean City, crawling in, and pulling
the hole in after them would be a
good thing, and so on, ad infinitum.
Trees, the ightless ball park, the
gravel pit, the old fight arena, the de-
serted brick yard, and others, were
in close competition with good Ravens
Of rest and peaceful safety.
However, all the above is somewhat
contrary to the sentiment expressed
m last weeks edition of "Chirps."
But the writer has departed no whit
from sense of seriousness. These
are truly troublous times. Americans
have faith in their country. They will
present solid front to those who
dare threaten land which knows
naught but the blessings Of liberty.
peace, competency, and happiness.
The people of this Continent are
bound together by a recognition Of
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