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THE RIVAL CURATES.
21
"To Hopley Porter go,
Your fare I will afford you—
Deal him a deadly blow
And blessings shall reward you.
"But stay—I do not like
Undue assassination,
And so before you strike,
Make this communication:
"I'll give him this one chance—
If he'll more gaily bear him,
Play croquêt, smoke, and dance,
I willingly will spare him."
They went, those minions true.
To Assesmilk-cum-Worter,
And told their errand to
The Reverend Hopley Porter.
