To MY MOTHER

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"Go, Royal!” he cried, “and—God bless you!” FRONTISPIECE He made our meeting something of a ceremony We walked out to the woods I was sure life in Sagua la Grande would always suit me The moon rose over the camp ... but still we sat And the next instant I fell sprawling inside the barrack yard I sprang back against the cabin