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l That she married Deacon Pitkin's boy, who kep' the general store; And so the years, the changeful years, have rattled on apace Since Bill sung tenor and I sung bass. As I was settin' by the stove this evenin' after tea, I noticed wife kep' hitchin' close and closer up to me; And as she patched the gingham frock our gran'child wore to-day, I heerd her gin a sigh that seemed to come from fur away. Couldn't help inquirin' what the trouble might be; "Was thinkin' of the time," says Prue, a-breshin' at her face, "When Bill sung tenor and you sung bass." FIDUCIT. THREE comrades on the German Rhine, Defying care and weather, Together quaffed the mellow wine, And sung their songs together. What recked they of the griefs of life, With wine and song to cheer them? Though elsewhere trouble might be rife, It would not come anear them. Anon one comrade passed away, And presently another, And yet unto the tryst each day Repaired the lonely brother; And still, as gayly as of old, That third one, hero-hearted, Filled to the brim each cup of gold, And called to the departed,-- "O comrades mine! I see ye not, Nor hear your kindly greeting, Yet in this old, familiar spot Be still our loving meeting! Here have I filled each bouting-cup With juices red and cheery; I pray ye drink the portion up, And as of old make merry!" And once before his tear-dimmed eyes, All in the haunted gloaming, He saw two ghostly figures rise, And quaff the beakers foaming; He heard two spirit voices call, "Fiducit, jovial brother!" And so forever from that hall Went they with one another. THE "ST. JO GAZETTE." WHEN I helped 'em run the local on the "St. Jo Gazette," I was upon familiar terms with every one I met; For "items" were my stock in trade in that my callow time, Before the muses tempted me to try my hand at rhyme,-- Before I found in verses Those soothing, gracious mercies, Less practical, but much more glorious than a well-filled purse is. A votary of Mammon, I hustled round and sweat, And helped '
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