SEA SPRAY &> SMOKE DRIFT 



Yet I guess't, gazing down at those still, quiet 

 features, 

 He was never more happy in life than in 

 death. 



Two years back, at Aldershot, Elrington 

 mentioned 

 My name to our colonel one field-day. He 

 said, 

 "Count," "Steeltrap" and ''Challenger" 

 ought to be pension d ; — 

 " Count " died the same week, and now 

 '' Steeltrap " is dead. 



That morningourcolonelwasriding'' Theresa," 

 The filly by " Teddington," out of " Mistake," 



His girls, pretty Alice and fair-hair'd Louisa, 

 Were there on the ponies he purchased 

 from Blake. 



I remember he pointed me out to his 

 daughters, 

 Said he, "In this troop I may fairly take 



pride, 



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