RECREATION. 



XXIX 



THIS IS NO DREAM. 



G. A. MACK. 



It is a dream 

 That all is gold that glitters and all things 



what they seem. 

 You can't believe that milk is milk until 



you see the cream. 

 Lots of fine, rich mince meat is baked in 



heavy, sodden crust ; 

 And many a blade of flawless steel is 



covered quite by rust. 

 One day 2 missives came; one large and 



fair and richly tinted, 

 Written in a finished hand and with a 



monogram imprinted. 

 'Twas but a tailor's bill ! The other, small 



and plain, to me was fairer ; 

 In it was a lovely screed, though vilely 



writ : "Please pay to bearer." 

 That was no dream ! 



It is a dream 

 That you burn all the gas you are charged 



for in your bills, 

 Or that you can judge a sportsman by 



the weight of game he kills. 

 The better sportsman's well content to get 



the smaller bag; 

 'Tis the man who fails to pot the flock 



goes home and "chews the rag." 

 A few fish fairly hooked and played and 



given a fighting show 

 Will more pleasure to a white man yield 



than fish hogs ever know. 

 And that's no dream ! 



And when we dream 

 'Tis not the easy shots we've made we love 



best to recall. 

 We find our pleasure in the game, not in 



the score at all. 

 We joy to think of the duck we stopped as 



through the dusk it sped, 

 Of the grouse that flushed at 60 yards 



and at 70 was dead. 

 We remember how the snipe was caught 



long after it had "scaiped" 

 When far above the alder tops its zig-zag 



course was shaped. 

 Memories like these are to the sportsman 



ever sweet. 

 The hog remembers best his toil beneath 



a load of meat, 



There was no dream. 



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