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56 OVER THE LEFT. deposits were left over night in the bank,—
 * In a bank without whisper of fault:

The amounts to their credit were placed on the books,
 * And were left over night in the vault.

To their credit, I say it, the bank was locked tight,
 * Guarding thus against fire and theft;

A patrol on the walk, and a new 'lectric light,
 * Throwing beams to the right and the left.

Just here the cashier he left over night,
 * Taking all but the house and the soil;

And the long and the short of the story is this,—
 * He was too long of stocks—short of oil.

A receiver was called, and he looked o'er the wreck,
 * And received those who called—thus bereft.

"Have you nothing left over?" they timidly ask:
 * He answers, "Yes, over the left."

W. C. Dornin.

THE SEMINOLE'S REPLY. , with your serried columns!
 * I will not bend the knee!

The shackles ne'er again shall bind
 * The arm which now is free.

I've mailed it with the thunder,
 * When the tempest muttered low;

And where it falls, ye well may dread
 * The lightning of its blow!

I've scared ye in the city,
 * I've scalped ye on the plain;

Go, count your chosen, where they fell
 * Beneath my leaden rain!