THE TRAITOR
Braley, Berton
The TRAITORS BY BERTON BRALEY (The McNamara Brothers have "pietiueu "guilty.—NEWS ITEM.) WHEN the leader proves a traitor to the honor of his cause, When he stoops to sordid murder in the night,...
...It is well for men to know him in the blackness of his guile, It is well his evil ways be understood, But it doesn't smirch the honor of the loyal rank and file And it doesn't hurt the cause—if it is good...
...WHEN the leader proves a traitor to the honor of his cause, When he stoops to sordid murder in the night, When he breaks the trust men gave him and he breaks the nations's laws, It is well that all his deeds should come to light...
...AND a traitor's but a traitor—let him suffer for his sin, Let him know the wage of evil—as he must...
...e. a...
...For the army of the workers will be marching on to win When the traitor's only unregarded dust...
...Treason cannot stop its progres s, nor can failure bring despair To this army from the workshop and the soil, And it will not halt or falter till the worker's meed is fair For the heat and sweat and burden of Jiis toil!—(n...
Vol. 3 • December 1911 • No. 50
