That our famed patriot will a bankrupt be.”— 90
“Will he, by——! No, I will not be profane,
But James a bankrupt! Boy, my hat and cane!
No! he’ll refuse my offers—Let me think!
So would I his; here, give me pen and ink!
There! that will do.—What! let my father’s son,
My brother, want, and I—away! and run;
Run, as for life, and then return—but stay
To take his message—now, away, away!”
The pride of James was shaken as he read—