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On, on throLigh that horrible cavern of hell,
Through flames tiiai arose and through limbers that fell,
TJiroL-gh tlie eddying smoke and th:1: serpents of fire

With a rush and a roar li!■:c a vdld tempests blast,
To tlie: free Air hevolid them in safety tb.:y pa.^ed i
While the cbnv.; uf the bd: and the steam pipe's shrill yell,
Told tlir: ji.:y ai: escape from that underground hell
Of the man they c;dLed johnny Bartholomew.

Did the pa^cn^ers ;sret up a service of plate?
Du! some orly-tun^ucd orator at the man pr;ik: ?
Women kiss him? Young children <;1iii£ fast to his; knees?
Si.onr men in their rapture his brc^vi: lingers squeeze?
And whej'e v,ras he born ? Is he handsome? His he
A v/ife for his bcjLim, a child fer liis lunjc i:
Is he you rig ? Is he old ? Is he tall? Is he short?
Well, Indies the journals tell naught of the sort,
And all that they give iii about him to-day;
Af:cr telling the tale in a commonplace way,
Is-—tlie man's tiame is Johnny Bartholomew.
T homas D unn E nglish.

TMT^ LIFEBOAT.

On tlie shore with a roar like the thunder and the ’.vhr.e cliffs seem io

There'.1; always enough brave lellows ready to man the boat