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The "rogues' Gallery."

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
August
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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I rere thcy are, Sir, if you picase, portraits numberinp iour. ohntr, Pir' Tako yonr tune; sit down nd look them o'er. RofOM wuh sauey, merry eyes, nf brown, and black, .nul blue ; Ai ' t'icre's no cad ol tnischicf, Sir, thosc clever rogue can do. They steal onr licnits utd break the rules of quict and of pu.tcc ; Their rackrt round ixhout thc housc vc Üiink will never ccase ; They conx ni out of order with theïr sweet entfeing And rill with wild confusión the would-bc peaccful dnys. Yes, only Hule rogues, Sir , bul I would liavx you know Thcy'lt surcly loc thelr powor wben at m. Ihey oldcr prow. Just nozo tliey work thcir mischief, with their dimpleu h.iniU tind feet, With their tiltle Usplng tongue tnd their rogui.sh fflCM iWWt. Thcy rob US oí out ]fiêmtt ud oí OUI lova mk well, stelinL hearls and thought as truly. And can we ever teil How many niphts of comfort these rogucs have stolfii Kwayr IIow many anxious liours have t'AU-d bothight Al duy? It lor thcir littlc sins I i:uld those rogues in duraocv vile, Alon comes dcar oíd grandpa with liis ¦siinny, kindlv nnUC And ofters to go "bail" lor my UtÜe priRoncrs four, Pcniandíng tliat I open the cruel prison door. Hut they aie cmpÜvtt now, Sir, fib.t bound witli slumbcr's cíiiún, No more to plot thcir mischicf till thc davlight dawa Knin üttlt white-robed prisoners. Oh! 'tis Iiard indeed to sav Wbeo to mother tliey are dearest- sound aslecp or hard at

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News