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