But this same editor had heard

Some hint or rumour, faint or dim,

How Mister Boggs, it was averred,

Was coming Paddy over him.

An earlier tale of soapy deeds

Then gave his memory startling jogs,

And full of wrath

Right in his path

He went for Zion Jersey Boggs.

“Horses and pidgins—pidgin-horks”—