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"Further enacted, that, whenever he "(The Debtor Poor) shall be of fraud convicted, "Forever from that oath that man must be "Restricted! " ' It seemed the Legislature was to blame, — The act produced a consequence infernal, Whereby poor Dennis' punishment became Eternal. For years poor Dennis could not be extracted, For years the Creditor, obliged to feed him, Paid for his board :

A law was then enacted

That freed him.2 Yet still we celebrate his woful fame, And when inevitable sorrows menace Some luckless wight, men whisper that " His name Is Dennis!" 1 G. S. 124, § 34.

St. 1872, C. 281, §§ 2 and 3.