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Title: Excelsior
Author: Bret Harte
Release Date: December 24, 2007 [EBook #24019]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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"EXCELSIOR"
BY Bret Harte
PRESENTED BY
ENOCH MORGAN'S SONS CO. NEW YORK.
[Illustration]
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Eastern village passed
A youth who bore, through dust and heat,
A stencil-plate, that read complete--"SAPOLIO."
[Illustration]
CLEAN PAINT, OIL CLOTHS, FLOORS,
WOOD WORK, TABLES & SHELVES
_WITH SAPOLIO._
[Illustration]
His brow was sad, but underneath,
White with "Odonto" shone his teeth,
And through them hissed the words, "Well, blow
Me tight if here is 'ary show!" "SAPOLIO."
[Illustration]
WASH DISHES, PORCELAIN, CHINA
& GLASS WARE
_WITH SAPOLIO._
[Illustration]
On household fences, gleaming bright,
Shone "Gargling Oil," in bl