Secundum artem, and then let him up,

Only to let into him twice as hot,

’Mid rapturous hurrahs. In the next act

The hero led the crew to mutiny,

And Gallagher was glorious; but just then

Some one let down the trap on which he stood,

And there he was, up to his waist in stage,

Unable to get up or to go down,

And thus they kept him in captivity

While all the audience guyed him. When he strove