CHAPTER I—“HARD-TIMES” WHARFF COCKS HIS NOSE TO SNIFF TROUBLE

“Miss Lu-ce-e-e had a par-ret,

An’ she kep’ it in the gar-ret,

An’ she fed it on a car-ret,

An’ she called him J. Iscar-ret,

Tidy-um,

Tidy-um!

“An’ the par-ret had a feather