On earth or under it (as, they say,

He is doomed) till the general Judgment Day,

When the Clerk, as he cites him to answer for’t,

Shall bid him keep silence in that Court!

But it matters most, as it seems to me,

That my countrymen, great and strong and free,

So marvel at fellows who seem to win,

That if even a Clown can only begin

By stealing a railroad, and use its purse

For cornering stocks and gold, or—worse—