Adventure Magazine Cover, November 10, 1924 — page 80: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

78 _ Adventure (> But, damn it all, old man, I envy you; ‘ You done the thing you wanted to, while I as Here in this town, I guess, will live an’ die. aes Most folks would say—‘You’re wiser, never doubt it,’ - But here’s the way, at heart, I feel about it: “Down at the docks I love to stray And watch the ships that sail away For Liverpool and Singapore, For Rio, Shanghai, Nome, And every other foreign shore, And yet—I just stay home. rT t ¢ 4 ' o— ) ‘ ¥ é ° a Ve on 74 ith {y 1-0 “The liners and the tramps depart And I 90 with ’em, in my heart, Acro’ the seas to ports that gleam Uncer the blue sky’s dome. To travel to them is my dream, And yet—I just stav home. “Sometimes I think that I will sail Out on that heaving ocean trail, But deep inside of me I know I'll never get to roam, I watch the steamers come and go, But me—I just stay home. DOOkKSRGOm CO = A