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BIDE DUDLEY. :
'l'hc News has been rtlnnil1g- :
illutratcd ! ' poems from thc Kansas - :
sas City Star written by Didl' :
Dtulley. \ 1 would not call DudI , I
lc\ a great poet because I can j
understand his writing's If you :
want a great poet read Browning , :
Shelly and Kcrtts and then :
quarrel over what they mcan. :
Bidc Dudley wrote a poem a :
few days ago about a boy's halt :
g-amc. The older players want- :
cd iI little boy , the littlest of :
them all , to play I'pig tail" and
he wouldn't do it. Hc was insulted -
sulted , humiliated ; hc could play
center held 'Jctter than "sld nn er" ,
and hc could bat "out o'sig-ht. " ;
And so hc took his bat and quit. I
Anyone who can write that poem
has not only been a boy , but in
his heart hc is a boyconsequcnt- ;
ly I was not surprised to learn l ,
" ' thirtieth birthday 1
that on Dudlc\"s - I
day last week his fellows on thc :
Star , because of his youthful :
appearance , presented him with
a tin whistle , a top , a drum and : '
a Waterbury watch. \ :
In reading his poem .tthc years :
were as a watch in thc night. I
I saw a little boy-a very little ,
boy , playing IIpitch" in a boys '
ban game out on "Ncwc01l1bers
hill" the John -
where Gag-non
house now is. This little chap '
made an error at the wrong time
and the older boys pill him out of
thc go.l1nc. Hc didn't intend to
make thc error , he realized how
important the game was and how
critical thc time whcn the error
was made. It hurt him more
than anyone else , but he made
the error and th y put him out.
He protested and refused , but
they put him out. Hc owned the
ball , and if hc couldn't play none
of them should so hc took his
ba11. Under the locust tree hc
al alonc-an Ishmaetite. On thc
ball Held thc other players talk-
ed and growlcd. They shouldn't
humiliate him. Other players
had made errors , but in thc littlest
boy it was inexcusable. Hc didn't
cry but he wanted to. Nobody
should see how lIe sutTercd Hc
was misunderstood , they had
no right to abuse him , to put him
out of the gamc. It was his ball
and hc would . show . them. They
Ii ad not ; made an error , but they
had Held a little boy responsible
for one he did not intend to make.
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Speaker of the Lower House oJ Congress ;
- the greatest campaign orator ' in Amer = ;
. ica will address the people of :
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as Geh Ring Oper& House i 'f'
4 Palls City , I\Ieb. , Friday eveI1illg ; ' f .
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' . hey were cruel , unjust. They
did not even inquire thc reason
why ; he would have shown them
the bruise on his thumb. It was
not what he intended to doitwas
what hc did do. And so , under
thc locust tree , on "N'wcombers
hill" hc brooded and suffered over
his wrongs-and forgot them be-
fore the next day , and never
again remembered thcm until
twenty five years afterwards hc
read a poem by Bide Dudley on
"g-i1l1me bac1 : nI\ bat. " And hc
years have strengthened thc
teachings of that day that an
error by thc littlest boy is inex-
cusablc , though a mistake of the
mighty may bc condoned ; that it
is not what enc intends to do , but
it is by what one does do , that hc
is judgcdthat ; in the minds of
the other players , a bruised
thumb is 110 excuse for failure ,
and that an error at a critical
juncture has put many men out
of , the g-amc. This , with its
lessons comes from a boys ball
game played once on a time-
long years ago.
The probabilities arc that the
republicans will carry Nebraska
this year by the largest plurality
in thc history , . of thc state. This
is thc year of opportunity The
party can come into complete and
enduring control if every man
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will but e10 his duty. Let there
be no division because of past
ditTercnces. Let there be no loss
because of insignificant and col-
lateral I 'issucs. Eu let every
voter do his full duty in the light
of his understanding and con-
science and Roosevelt will
carry . . . . : '
the state by fifty thousand.
Grinstead , Tucker , Smith and
Hogrcfc will contribute by their
votes in thc next legislature to
the election of 1. J. Burkctt.
Morrow will be county attorney
with five hundred votes to spare ,
and thc board of supervisors will
be republican beyond , qucstion.
Now c\'crybody-al1 togcther-
stop quarreling and get busy.
