I’ve been oblig’d to leave my watch

To pay——, so do be swift.” (etc.)

* * * * *

’Twas done: his wife took pen in hand

And sent a “P.O.O.,”

To pay, she said, at “Saint-le-Grand,”

Five pounds in gold to Joe.

* * * * *

The Captain not a friend could see

To help him in this need,