Excerpt from The Sword Unsheathed In this critical period of the world's history, when wars and rumors of wars are as common as the partaking of our daily bread, every patriotic individual is anxious to do his bit to bring to a final and successful issue the momentous world struggle which should not be settled - and Please God, will not be settled - until peace and righteousness prevail, and when all national disputes will be adjudicated Without recourse to the arbitrament of arms. Since this Country was plunged into the vortex of war, I have, occasionally, in moments of recreation, jotted down my thoughts in rhyme, and given them to the public, hoping that something I might write would cheer some drooping heart, or bring a smile to some sad face. Having accumulated quite a bundle of material, and being urged by friends to do so, I have concluded to offer my productions in the form of a book, dedi cating it to the Soldier Boys of America and the Boys of the Allied Nations of the world, who are fighting, and are willing to fight to the bitter end, so that tyranny may be stamped out and justice prevail. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.