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In ther-e columns, with the Auth- ' or’a permission, the Whispering (jfik reproduces the soon—to-be fcimous poem of Clyde Sht^kesperc Stallings, LOVER'S LAMENT Cupid's darts last have "got me*^': That dern brat has up and^shot me" J I feel all'tlngly doTO Inside ■ As gcose blimps trlcle or* or my. hide. M appetite, has long -since fled;: 1 restlessly toss In my bed ■'Vhilc, through my mind, thoughts of her seep; ; 1 count the hours Instead of sheep ■ ■ * bntll 1*11 see her face again; ■ Till then, 1 suffer paini Alas, 'til all hopeless and futile; . . How’n heck can she be -so brutal’i Encouragement 1 do not get;. 1*11 join the Foreign Legion yet. And there I'll nurse my grief alone, ■ . : Since naught cn.n my crushed . heart ateno, 0, v/hcnce can 1 a sure cure find Tc help restore ray po,-\ce of mind And heal ny throbbing, tortured heart, '^/herein yet lies Love's pels'nou£ .dart, 1 used to rid ray body ills ■^ith Garter.*s Little Liver Pills, But heart and soul dlslntegratlor Cannot be cured like disgus-cl- pat ion. I an the acme of all v;oe, rhile (*■' or my freckles; t e.-rdrope flovr; ■JSThen, in my locking glasp,-I peer. My face so:ms queer from- ear-to ^ ear; •• While my reflection I \vould-see, A dying■ ca.lf 'si:a.rcs back mo? 0 Love, • hovr- cans' t ■ thcu be so • * . cruel, ■ ■ . My passion burneth T/ithout fuel, 0 Love, ny tortured soul roleas-qi Please let the trickling tcar- • drops .cease; TaKe fr^n ny h'r\r‘G the seething lust That fills me so I almost bust: - Shov mo .nc more the nisty moon That makes me yearn to smooch-and spoon; .. Ah--nothing more'like th>\t for me If rtnly 1 my heart could free.* . Matinocs .and boat- rides^, too; Strolls-and sodas are rib'^ t-iboo, . When from this, I recuperate, I’ll no‘or again be Cupid's baitj *i?c n co'nfirned b.-i.chelor's homo, _ 1*11 fly, .-ind thence 1*11 mope until 1 die. To all youngsters vrhc feel the urge To-let Love ' s'passion through then surge, 1*11 tell Y'hat '-^'-s not told to me Love ain't -'hat it’s crocked up _ _ _to bei_ Kita haci be'bter be careful ^'ith "'horn she Icn.ves her kid sister ■in the library; Doris is a^fful- ly cute, and she might go for blonde-bruneotes. too. THREE CHEERS FOR MISSES PEYATT AlvD Ji
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