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An Old Story
ReflectionsAn Old Story
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"Say, wife, I'm going to town today,
Make out your errand list, don't delay"
Then into the room the farmer gося
To don in haste his Sunday clothes
There follows a sort of expectant hush
When out from the bedroom, "wife,…
The Bosn’s Story
ReflectionsTHE BOSN'S STORY
5171
We was scuddin' under the Southern Cross off the coast o' Van Dieman's Land,
An' the cook had peppered the skipper's duft by a slip o' his starboard hand;
The skipper he swore with a tarrible oath that the cookee's name…