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"Hoods Brigade."
"Joe Joskins"

Should the eye of a stranger
by chance peruse these lines
I sincerely desire, That a has-
ty judgement will not be
formed. This is not written
to be read by any but my-
self. it is not written, because
I make any pretensions to
being an author. but it is
written in a hurried and
very negligent manner,
for my own amusement,
since it is a pleasure to
carry back our thoughts into
the far distant past

"Hoods Brigade."
"Joe Joskins"

Should the eye of a stranger
by chance peruse these lines
I sincerely desire, That a has-
ty judgement will not be
formed. This is not written
to be read by any but my-
self. it is not written, because
I make any pretensions to
being an author. but it is
written in a hurried and
very negligent manner,
for my own amusement,
since it is a pleasure to
carry back our thoughts into
the far distant past