Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . Note:—This was the original as written by E. V., not the yersionprinted in Moods. [227] Digitized by Microsoft®. A Timely Saint Twas summer at midnight when all through the houseI went prowling for something to make a drinkables all had been locked up with careFor fear that some tramp might be wanting his what to my wondering sight should appearBut a waiter in white with a bottle of beer,Which he deftly uncorked with a motion so quickThat I knew in a moment twas a summer St. no stocking to fill and no Christmas

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Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . Note:—This was the original as written by E. V., not the yersionprinted in Moods. [227] Digitized by Microsoft®. A Timely Saint Twas summer at midnight when all through the houseI went prowling for something to make a drinkables all had been locked up with careFor fear that some tramp might be wanting his what to my wondering sight should appearBut a waiter in white with a bottle of beer,Which he deftly uncorked with a motion so quickThat I knew in a moment twas a summer St. no stocking to fill and no Christmas nearI yet felt it my duty to fill up with beer,Which I did without fail, but as people are slowTo believe in this tale—Ive the bottles to show. [228] Digitized by Microsoft®

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