ONE MOMENT, PLEASE! 

 Walt Mason's poetry is in a class by itself. Although having the appearance of prose the rhythm is perfect and the philosophy that runs through his lines is illumined by an irresistible humor. There is a quaintness about his style that makes his writings a continuing delight. 

 I began to read Walt twenty-five years ago and although he has drawn upon his intellectual store constantly for more than a quarter of a century the fountain of his genius still is flowing with undiminished volume and the waters are as pure as in the idealistic days of his youth. 

 I have shared the satisfaction that his increasing fame has brought him and have encouraged him to publish this collection that his readers, now numbering people of many lands, may have permanent companionship with him. 

 

 

 

 CONTENTS 

 

 

 ILLUSTRATIONS 

 

  The Umpire . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece  

  The Gloomy Fan  

  The Buccaneers  

  The Sleeper Wakes  

  The Conqueror  

  The Old Timer  

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