A NE'ER DO WELL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11248, 11 April 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

A NE'ER DO WELL.

We're so discouraged 'bout bur Bob * We don't know what to do, ■As-soon,as'he hasgpt bhej'ob' He's v-antih' soinetJiin'" hew. One day hie'U take up with a trade :An' work it pretty strong, An', then he'll quit, till we're afraid He'll 1 never get .along. . . He's been a railroad engineer, An' run a, grocery store.; He's tried a nautical.' career, An/ marched away to war; He quit ,a copper's' job because . -He didn't like the style ■ . Of caps., they wore, air' ;, then.- he was A burglar for* a. while. We. cheered; up fora little time. . , . And hoped that lied succeed ; But, no, a common life of crime Was more than he. could lead. '■•* And yet; perhaps, he'll get a job , : Some time where, he will stay ; Some future yet is lelt for .hoi,' Was four years .old to-day. — James J. Montague. <\;