Through too much haste o' goin' wrong;

"An', anyways, at eighty year
I can't repent fur wery long."

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THE GREATEST PATRIOT OF ALL: A public servant who did not strike
during the War--Big Ben.

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[Illustration: EFFECT ON BALLROOM IF, OWING TO THE STRIKE MANIA, THE
MUSICIANS WERE SUDDENLY TO "DOWN INSTRUMENTS."]

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THE APPOINTMENT.

They tell me there is work for most,
However tired they be,
That there are Offices engrossed
In finding me a well-paid post
Of suitable degree;
That there are businesses that itch
To make the young lieutenant rich,
Yet I have not discovered which
Is itching after me.

And this is strange; for I could shine