Some twenty miles below,

And ask for help.’ I looked at him—

‘I’ll fix the business, Joe.

Is there a pair of nippers here?

If so, those nippers bring;

And if you can’t, a sharp-edged file

Would be a heaven-sent thing.’ ”

“Unshadowed girl! I see the dodge,”

I cried in rapturous joy;

“And didst thou climb the post thyself?”