BY

COLONEL JOHN A. JOYCE,

Author of A Checkered Life; Peculiar Poems; Zigzag; Jewels of Memory;
Complete Poems; Oliver Goldsmith; Edgar Allan Poe; Brickbats
and Bouquets; Beautiful Washington; Personal
Recollections of Shakespeare; Truth

and Robert Burns.

The poet is the philosopher and prophet of truth.

-Joyce.

FIRST EDITION.

REGAN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING HOUSE,
CHICAGO, ILL.

LAPAR

10/1/52

DEDICATION.

I dedicate this book to the honest heart and soul of the Reader who has loved, sinned and suffered, and only remembers the beautiful things in life!

J. A. J.