title: Tavern Tales: 2004-2014
author: W Frank
description: W (Wayne) Frank is a produced playwright and published poet. His 2nd play was nominated "Best Play" by the American Theatre Critics Association and his 3rd play was the adaptation of "The Sun Also Rises," the only adaptation approved by the Hemingway Foundation. As a poet, he has had over 30 poems published in the U.S., England, Ireland and Scotland. He is currently seeking publication of his Vietnam debut novel entitled "The Age of Aquarius: A Time for War and A Time for Peace." He is a graduate of the U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A past includes diamond prospecting in Guyana South America (1964), Peace Corps Volunteer (Africa) (1965-1967), US-AID/MACV Vietnam, 1969-1972. Returning from Vietnam he was elected to the Milwaukee City Council and re-elected six times, serving 1973-2000. In 2000 he decided to pursue his creative and travel interests full time, living for extended periods in Malta, Bali and Egypt. He is a member of PEN and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. He currently winters in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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  # Ten Nights in a Bar Room
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### T. S. Arthur
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  NIGHT THE FIRST. THE "SICKLE AND SHEAF."
  
  
  NIGHT THE SECOND. THE CHANGES OF A YEAR.
  
  
  NIGHT THE THIRD. JOE MORGAN'S CHILD.
  
  
  NIGHT THE FOURTH. DEATH OF LITTLE MARY MORGAN.
  
  
  NIGHT THE FIFTH. SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF
  
  
  TAVERN-KEEPING.
  
  
  NIGHT THE SIXTH. MORE CONSEQUENCES.
  
  
  NIGHT THE SEVENTH. SOWING THE WIND.
  
  
  NIGHT THE EIGHTH. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
  
  
  NIGHT THE NINTH. A FEARFUL CONSUMMATION.
  
  
  NIGHT THE TENTH. THE CLOSING SCENE AT THE "SICKLE
  
  
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  ### NIGHT THE FIRST. THE "SICKLE AND
  
  
  SHEAF."
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in Cedarville.
  
  
  It was late in the afternoon when the stage set me down at the
  
  
  "Sickle and Sheaf," a new tavern, just opened by a new landlord, 