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THE STRANGER'S STORY 



The Stranger s Story 



PART I. THE BREAKFAST 



FOUR friends, all scarlet-coated, 

 Eager all to join the pack. 

 At the breakfast board were seated, 

 Jem and Jerry, Ned and Jack. 



Giant Jem, a ponderous horseman, 

 With a bull-like head and throttle, 



O'er each boot a calf expanding. 

 Like a cork in soda bottle ; 



Still to add Jem never scrupled, 

 When the beef was on his plate, 



To the four stone he quadrupled. 

 Many a pound of extra weight. 



Jerry, bent on competition. 



Spread his napkin underneath. 



But the tongue's untiring motion 

 Check'd the action of his teeth. 



He told them what he had done 

 On his chestnut and his grey. 



And when that tale was ended. 

 What he meant to do to-day. 



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