The Surprise Party.

Samoanische Zeitung, Volume 23, Issue 32, 10 August 1923, Page 8

The Surprise Party.

Sing ho! for a cruise to the palm-fringed dr. amiog isles, Which, the nipping blasts of winter never reach ; Where gorgeous sonriße on the dusky maiden utiles. And - silver surf begirds the reef-rimmed bench. \'M Away from Southern Isles and icy breezes, We flew from the land beset with influenza ; Where every muffled mortal toughs and wheezes, ' ,4 ' And graduates his sneezes in a grand r .: ; " cadensa. t We nenrthe shore, and though 'tis Sunday morning, " - We wake the sun, and in our best are preened. Then cataclysmic horror without warning Descends upon us. We aW quarantined. All four tires "busted;" and axles running hot;* The beans are spilled ; we've fallen in the •;_"■ soup; (- Our cake is dough; we're tied up in a knot; Our cruise has crashed while looping in the loop. Anon, we deportees in Stygian barge, Are towed away ; while Tofuan shipmates "Are snapping farewell portraits small and lalie With disinfected antiseptic plates. The church bells tolled; our hopes and .. /dreams were dead. ~ ~ In Lysol'd bswse the yellow fl»g we fl*ir. Oar engine choked and gasped for breath. " We said. "Ye gods, the launch has caught the flu I" We turned the point, and turning point it . ■■' proved: ■' Behold acamp with every need supplied. like hermit crabs wetntoquarters moved; In qsatantine we vowed we would abide. Like Croaoa'a, seven happy days we spent, And pitied all outside of quarantine. From Moataa there sorely never went , A fltte V n*Bpl»» crew than our fourteen. ~ . , " Sing ho! for Abo sports in our Fourteen I Sing ho! for a grove secure from work and '■"' oare J"" .* '"'S~. Sing bo t for * Week in Elysian quarantine. And when wa die, just make our heaven . there. - - DOMINE.