menced to twist an’ twist.

Irai howled an’ yowled an’ fainted, then come

to an’ howled some more,

He an’ doc they fit an’ wrassled on the bed an’

on the floor.

Doc, though, held him to the wickin’—let old

Irai howl an’ beg,

Said he’d got to do his duty, straight’nin out

his blamed old leg.

When the splints come off, though, later, wal-