“Jis’ go ahead wid dat ’ar paper, Boss,”

Peter replied; then whispered, bending down:

“Dar’s rumers—and dey is reliable—

Dat de young woman dat I’m goin’ fur

Has got two dollars and a quarter—shoa.

And dat’s de reason wy I marries her.”

PENN
on a text by robert burdette

When William Penn appeared before King Charles

To get the charter of his Promised Land

In Pennsylvaniá,