And I grope through the dark, lookin' up'ards
And on through the heavenly dome,
With my longin' soul singin' and sobbin'
The words "Do They Miss Me at Home?"

[Illustration: (A' OLD PLAYED-OUT SONG--TAILPIECE)]




[Illustration: (A VERY YOUTHFUL AFFAIR)]

A VERY YOUTHFUL AFFAIR


I'm bin a-visitun 'bout a week
To my little Cousin's at Nameless Creek,
An' I'm got the hives an' a new straw hat,
An' I'm come back home where my beau lives at.




AN OUT-WORN SAPPHO


How tired I am! I sink down all alone
Here by the wayside of the Present. Lo,
Even as a child I hide my face and moan--
A little girl that may no farther go;