. The select works of Bret Hartte in prose and poetry. The carib that Ah Sin had been liidii»*.M TRUTHFUL JAMES. Are things what they seem ?Or is visions about ? Is our civilization a failure ? Or is the Caucasian played outj? , TRUTHFUL JAMES. 435 Which is why I remark, And my language is plain,That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain,The heathen Chinee is peculiar— Which the same I am free to maintain. FURTHER LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES. NYES FORD, STANISLAUS. 1870. TAO I sleep % do I dream %-L>^ Do I wonder and doubt %Are things what they seem, Or is visions about 1Is
. The select works of Bret Hartte in prose and poetry. The carib that Ah Sin had been liidii»*.M TRUTHFUL JAMES. Are things what they seem ?Or is visions about ? Is our civilization a failure ? Or is the Caucasian played outj? , TRUTHFUL JAMES. 435 Which is why I remark, And my language is plain,That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain,The heathen Chinee is peculiar— Which the same I am free to maintain. FURTHER LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES. NYES FORD, STANISLAUS. 1870. TAO I sleep % do I dream %-L>^ Do I wonder and doubt %Are things what they seem, Or is visions about 1Is our civilization a failure 1 Or is the Caucasian played out 1 - Which expressions are strong : Yet would feebly implySome account of a wrong— Not to call it a lie—As was worked off on William, my pardner* Which his name it was W. Nye. He came down to the Ford On the very same dayOf that Lottery, drawed By those sharps at the Bay ;And he says to me, Truthful, how goes it ? I replied, It is far, far from gay— fp2 43^ TRUTHFUL JAMES. For the camp has gone wild On this Lottery game,And has even beguiled
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