You'd better bet your cap.

"Now Lige is proud of this here dog,

And says the critter'll whip

As many wild-cats in an hour

As go to load a ship.

"'But, law,' says Lige, 'that animile

Is awful in a row,

And other pups 'longside of him

An't no account, nohow.'

"In fact, one day, I saw the same