“And that’s the only thing we really lack,”
Replied the Ancient, with a silvery sigh;
“We do defect in that ostensibly.
We have the schools, but then we cannot git
The folks to run ’em, or who will remain
Adjacent to ’em, for they will not keep.”
“How!—do they die?” “Wall, some on ’em expired,
Though Idaho ain’t an expirin’ State;
But I will tell you just the time they go.
“We had a fine young fellow from the East;