Time, however, his wheels we may clog, 



Wends steadily still with onward jog, 



And the cock-taiFd puppy's a curly-tail'd dog ! 



When, just at the time He was reaching his prime, 

 And all thought he'd be turning out something 

 sublime, 



One unlucky day, How, no one could say, 

 Whether soft liaison induced him to stray, 

 Or some kidnapping vagabond coax'd him away, 



He was lost to the view, Like the morning dew ; — 

 He had been, and was not — that's all that they 



knew ; 

 And the Bagman storm'd, and the Bagman swore 

 As never a Bagman has sworn before ; 

 But storming or swearing but little avails 

 To recover lost dogs with great curly tails. 



Thomas higoldsby. 



The Sociable Cur <^> <^> ^> o 

 (From Trcvelyarts Life of Lord Macau/ay) 

 January 31, 1856 or 1857? 



A FTER lunch I went to walk alone in the 

 "■ pleasure - ground [at Bowood], but was 



pestered by a most sociable cur who would not 

 be got rid of. I went into a plantation, railed off 



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