He picked a' old tramp up, one trip, 'bout eighty mile'd from here, And fetched him home and k-yored his hip, and kep' him 'bout a year; And feller said—in all his ja'nts round this terreschul ball 'At no man wuz a circumstance to Doc !—he topped 'em all!— XVIII Said, bark o' trees 's a' open book to Doc, and vines and moss He read like writin'—with a look knowed ever' dot and cross: Said, stars at night wuz jes as good 's a compass: said, he s'pose You couldn't lose Doc in the woods the darkest night that blows! — from Rubáiyát of Doc Sifers by James Whitcomb Riley
when at last King Ethelwulf died
No one will think it strange after what has been told that the youngest of those four boys grew up under Swythe’s teaching wise and learned, and as brave as, or braver than, either of his three brothers, who, when at last King Ethelwulf died, succeeded in turn to be King of England. — from The King's Sons by George Manville Fenn
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