It has been taken bodily from a paper published up
the state, which I get every week, and was written by-----"
"Why, those verses were written by Jack Sheldon himself!" cried
Percival, getting up excitedly.
"They were published in the Riverton News, but were unsigned. I know
that Jack wrote them."
"Please be seated, Percival," said the doctor. "Sit down, Herring.
I will give you an opportunity to speak presently. This poem
purports to have been written by Sheldon. Is that so?"
"Yes, sir," said Jack, "or at least what you have read was written
by me. I don't know if the rest was. I cannot tell till I hear it."
"And you say that the lines I have just read were not written by
him?" Dr. Wise asked, turning to Herring.
"No, they were not, they were written by Miss Sadie May, and were
published in a paper up the state. Here it is. I received it this
morning, and was reading it as I came in."
"Will you kindly read the entire poem?" Herring had a good voice
when he wanted to display it, and he now read the lines that the
doctor had read, the poem being about twice as long as the portion
already given.
"The poem I have here contains these lines," said the doctor, who
had been following the manuscript in his hand, "but it is
considerably longer.
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