"There's nobody hurted," sez Finnigin,
"But repoorts must be made to Flannigan,"
An' he winked at McGorrigan
As married a Finnigin.
He wus shantyin' thin, wuz Finnigin,
As minny a railroader's been agin,
An' the shmoky ol' lamp wuz burnin' bright
In Finnigin's shanty all that night--
Bilin' down his repoort, wuz Finnigin.
An' he writed this here: "Muster Flannigan:
Off agin, on agin,
Gone agin.--Finnigin."
FOOTNOTE:
[68] By permission of the author.
GAVROCHE AND THE ELEPHANT[69]
VICTOR HUGO
[A story of how Gavroche, a street gamin of Paris, uses for a home
the monument built in the form of a huge elephant, which Napoleon
Bonaparte erected in 1823.]
The forest has a bird. Paris a child. The bird is called a sparrow. The
child--a gamin. This little being is joyous; he has not food every day;
no shoes on his feet; not much clothing on his body. He runs, he swears
like a convict, he haunts all the wine shops, knows all the thieves--but
he has no evil in his heart.
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