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 THE STORY OF URIAH

"Now there were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor."

went to Quetta

Because they told him to.

He left his wife at Simla

On three-fourths his monthly screw.

Jack Barrett died at Quetta

Ere the next month's pay he drew.

Jack Barrett went to Quetta,

He didn't understand

The reason of his transfer

From the pleasant mountain-land:

The season was September,

And it killed him out of hand.

Jack Barrett went to Quetta

And there gave up the ghost;

Attempting two men's duty

In that very healthy post; 17