ROEBUCK DEFYING THE “THUNDERER.”
Roebuck was seated in his great arm chair,
Looking as senatorial and wise
As a calf’s head, when taken in surprise;
A half-munch’d muffin did his fingers bear—
An empty egg-shell proved his meal nigh o’er.
When, lo! there came a tapping at the door:
“Come in!” he cried,