WHY THE EDITOR SWORE.
With a terrible cold in his head, And eyelids heavy and core, An editor sat in his broken chair And bitterly and earnestly swore. A youth had dropped in "with a poem, A man was there with a dun, A chap had entered to tell him How the Morning Gazette should be run. An irate subscriber had told him, His sheet wasn't fit to be read, While another had carefully promised .-. He would punch, the editor's head. The foreman was yelling for copy, And the wind whistled in at the door, And this, with a few other reasons, Is why the editor swore. But the angel that took it to hoaven, • Recorded this verdict there : " The jury finds in the present case— 'Twas a.justifiable swear.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3654, 11 September 1880, Page 4
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129WHY THE EDITOR SWORE. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3654, 11 September 1880, Page 4
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