The day book. [volume], January 18, 1913, 2, Image 4

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tainly seems to have been getting
his dates mixed. Still, if I re
member rightly, the first lady had
a dash of red in her hair, and
probably the disposition that goes
with a milder color is safer along
side of the Algeron brand of con
stancy.'' "Would you change it for
him?" said the chief.
"Sure!" replied the sub. "Stand
by the boy ! Remember that you
were young yourself once."
Thus it was. that the Boston
mail was made heavier by a note
that read :
"My Dear Mr. Wadleigh:
"Enclosed is a proof of your
poem, 'Constancy,' changed in ac
cordance with instructions. Kind
ly correct and return at once, as
it is to appear in the next num
ber. "Yours truly,
"E. B. Denbeight, Asst. Editor."
And within the week the proof
came back to the office of the
Stilus with a few slight correc
tions for the last two stanzas
ran:
Those dancing curls of dark
brwn hait,
Those laughing depths of hazel
eyes
Would make an anchorite for
swear All hope of other paradise.
And when the Moon forsakes the
Sea,
When the Phlegethon no long
er flows,
When thou thyself art false to
..woitel bio ,lo ;
My hert shall still be true to
Rose.
"Gee!" reflected the sub-editor;
"the fellow's a Mormon ! I'd like
to know how he squared things
with the other two ladies?"
Before two more weeks had (0
come and gone, there arrived
from Boston an envelope bearing
a special delivery stamp and con
taining an earnest adjuration to
change the last two stanzas once
more. The last version was to
be:
Those silken lengths of raven
hair,
Those gentle deeps of pure,
gray eyes
Would make an anchorite for
. swear
His golden hope of Paradise.
And though the Moon forsake the
Sea,
Though Philomel the Rose for
get, Though thou thyself prove false
to me, i
. I'll still be true to Violet.
"My Dear Algeron," wrote the
sub-editor in reply, "the magazine
is already on the press and it is
impossible to make the changes,
desired. Stick to Rose."
And before the next number of
the Stilus was. for sale on all (P
newsstands the sub-editor re
ceived a neatly engraved wedding
announcement on the bottom of
which was pencilled, "Many
thanks. Have taken your advice."
"A. P. W."
Harr Kauffman, 12, 842 N.
ells st., seriously hurt by autu