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Show SENATOR TILLMAN APOLOGIZES. Ah me' but I am dls'res.seol. And my grief oan'f be expressed Tha' the Senators around me on 'hie floor Who had listened an I spoke What 1 thought wa hut a Joke Should kiok nnd uan' to dahMe in my gore. I had 5imp!y talked for fun. But I got them on the run When I !ntn!f rellzed th.ee mighty m-M of ear! h . And I failed to reailie A'l 'heir dttrnt'y and ei7e When I han.ied them some samples of my mirth. I had laid my pltohfolk hy-- For a time, at least- 'o trv How some Senatorial levity would i;o. And with only this In'ent I have found out how It wen' And I 11 never try a suh'i'ut r.o mo'. As a Joker I confesf That I made a dreadful mess. And now I'm feeling somewr.a- like a rlam ; I am only Pltchfolk Ben. I shall never Joke again. And I iruess I'll go and Join "Id P"'n-ham. P"'n-ham. W. .T. I... In the New York World |