Bob hadn’t a tender heart!

This admirable parody was written by Mr. Charles H. Ross, Editor of Judy. In the first volume of this Collection it was erroneously styled a parody of Bret Harte.

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THE MYSTERY OF GILGAL.

The darkest, strangest mystery

I ever read, or heern, or see,

Is ’long of a drink at Taggart’s Hall—

Tom Taggart’s, of Gilgal.

I’ve heern the tale a thousand ways,

But never could git through the maze