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Out in the dark, damp, dreary night,
They ruthlessly “hustled” him,—
Ere he had a chance his sad tale to recite,
Ioncerning “Hustler Jim.”
Washington Hatchet, 1886.
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BILLY’S ROSE.
(Inserted by Mr. Sims’s permission.)
Billy’s dead, and gone to glory, so is Billy’s sister Nell: