It was so long ago that I forget.

The Showman:

The proverb says a man can always find[Pg 22]

[Pg 22]

One sorrier than himself in state and mind.

'Fore George, it's true. Well, come, then, to the van.

Jane, can you find a meal for this poor man?

 "Yes," said his wife. "Thank God, we still are able To help a friend; come in, and sit to table." "Come," said her man, "I'll help you up aboard, I'll save your legs as far as Wallingford."  They climbed aboard and sat; the woman spread Food for King Cole, and watched him as he fed. Tears trickled down her cheeks and much she sighed. "My son," she said, "like you, is wandering wide, I know not where; a beggar in the street, (For all I know) without a crust to eat. He never could abide the circus life." [Pg 23]

[Pg 23]

 They climbed aboard and sat; the woman spread Food for King Cole, and watched him as he fed. 

 They climbed aboard and sat; the woman spread Food for King Cole, and watched him as he fed. 

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The Showman:

It was my fault, I always tell my wife

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