Little Fern, the
Daughter of the County Recorder, was going to Speak "Willie's Good
Night."
There are Times and Times, but those were the Times when he suffered
Agony that went beyond the Limit.
The Author always knew the Verses were Bad enough to be Wicked, but he
never guessed how Yellow they really were until he heard them recited by
Little Girls who made the Full Stop at the Comma instead of the Period.
He used to lose a Pound a Minute, and when he would start back to the
Hotel his Shoes would be Full of Cold Perspiration. Finally, when he
began to decline Invitations, against the advice of his Manager, it was
said of him that he was Eccentric and appeared to have a Case of the
Swell Head.
He had to retire into a Suburb, where he built a Wall around his
Premises and put up Signs against Trespassing. He had a Chinaman for a
Servant, because the Chinaman did not know he was an Author, but
supposed him to be a Retired Porch-Climber.
Thus he was enabled to Forget for an Hour or Two at a Time.
MORAL: _Refrain from Getting Gay with the Emotions._
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