They took a Boat, and brought the Trunks on Shore.

‘So now,’ says Ward, ‘I always work by rule,

‘The first thing you must purchase is a Mule;

‘And if you’re flush of cash, why then, of course,

‘The next thing you must purchase is a Horse.’

‘A Servant have you got?’ John answered, ‘No.’

‘Well, well,’ says Ward, ‘there’s one I think I know;

‘An honest fellow, who ’twixt you and me,

‘Is just the sort of Man, you will agree.

‘A D——n’d good Fellow, but I rather think,