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 An you?" 'E turns away 'is 'ead. "I'm only 'arf a man," 'e said.

"I've seen so much uv death," said 'e, "Me mind is in a whirl. I've 'ad so many thoughts uv late." . . . Said I, "Now, tell me, tell me straight, Own up; ain't there a girl?" Said 'e, "I've done the best I can. Wot does she want with 'arf a man?"

It weren't no use. 'E wouldn't talk Uv nothin' but the sky. Said 'e, "Now, dinkum, talkin' square, When you git gazin' over there Don't you 'arf want to cry? I wouldn't be su'prised to see An angel comin' out," said 'e.

"Gone West!" said Digger Smith. "Ah, lad, I've seen 'em goin' West, An' often wonder, when I look, If they 'ave 'ad it dealt 'em crook, Or if they've got the rest They earned twice over by the spell They spent down in that dinkum 'Ell."