The Weekly Dispatch, September 14, 1884.
(Parody Competition).
Bret Harte’s prose writings have been frequently parodied, and several examples will be given when the subject of prose parodies is reached. One of the best of these occurs on page 156 of The Shotover Papers for November, 1874; it is entitled “His Finger.”
Thomas Hood.
(Continued from Part 12 )
The Night “Comp.”
With fingers weary and worn,
Eyelids heavy and red,
A “comp.” stood at his frame all night,