And he laughs, perchance, at the dust that fills

For ever his earthly tracks.

—Peace, Peace, old chap! It is half a prayer

In the name of a friend—Someone—Somewhere.

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AT BUMMER’S CREEK.

I planted Dave at Bummer’s Creek

Somewhere in ’Ninety-five,

When all the country round about

Was like a busy hive—

And good blokes pegged like rotten sheep,