"THE AVENGING SKELETON."
"When tyrant purpose made the martial fool
With brief authority profoundly drunk,
Unto his minions issued forth a rule,
To search each Southward-going woman's trunk.
"There was a Sergeant of the Mack'rel ranks
Made one attempt to carry out the law;
But ah!—to Providence a thousand thanks!—
He met a doom to fill the soul with awe.
"Scarce had his impious hands the task begun;—