As the train and engine halted,
Louder yelled the gasping victim.
Then out cried the grim conductor,
“What in thunder is the matter?
What’s ye doin’ with that feller?
Why’ve ye got both fire and gallows?”
And unto him some one answered,
As the starry night came on:—
“This all-fired, skunk-eyed villain,
Whom you see upon the gallows,