He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing,—
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ ain’t a goin’ to be too hard
On a man that died for men.
BANTY TIM
(Remarks of Sergeant Tilmon Joy to the White Man’s Committee of Spunky Point, Illinois)
I reckon I git your drift, gents,—
You ’low the boy sha’n’t stay;
This is a white man’s country;
You’re Dimocrats, you say;