And slips of paper with holes punched through;

He said a fishing stream he knew;

He’d stop the train at any rate

And show them where to buy some bait

And fishing poles and hook and line

And a jolly inn to sleep and dine.

They reached the place that day at two,

And said good-bye to the railroad crew,

Copyright, 1907, by Edward Stern & Co., Inc.
“They met a lad on his way from school,
Whom they stopped to question about a rule.”