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_I met him later in a bar and made a gay remark Anent an ancient miner and an option on the Ark. He gazed at me reproachfully, as only topers can; But what he said I can't repeat  he was a bad old man. I MET HIM LATER IN A BAR AND MADE A GAY REMARK ANNE AN ANCIENT MINER AND AN OPTION ON THE ARK HE GAZED AT ME REPROACHFULLY AS ONLY TOPPERS CAN BUT WHAT HE SAID I CAN'T REPEAT HE WAS A BAD OLD MAN
f afraid. "And strange though be, 'twas borne on me that land had lived of old, And men had crept and slain and slept where now they toiled for gold; Through jungles dim the mammoth grim had sought the oozy fen, And on his track, all bent of back, had crawled the hairy men. "And furthermore, strange deeds of yore in this dead place were done. They haunted me, as wild and free I roamed from sun to sun; Until I came where sudden flame uplit a terraced height, A regnant peak that seemed to seek the coronal of night. "I scaled the peak; my heart was weak, yet on and on I pressed. Skyward I strained until I gained its dazzling silver crest; And there I found, with all around a world supine and stark, Swept clean of snow, a flat plateau, and on it lay--the Ark. "Yes, there, I knew, by two and two the beasts did disembark, And so in haste I ran and traced in letters on the Ark My human name--Ben Smith's the same. And now I want to float A syndicate to haul and freight to town that noble boat. S AND WHISPERED THINGS THAT MADE ME HALF AFRAID AND STRANGE THOUGH BE TWAS BORN ON ME THAT LAND HAD LIVED OF OLD AND MEN HAD CREPT AND SLAIN AND SLEPT WHERE NOW THEY TOILED FOR GOLD THROUGH JUNGLES DIM THE MAMMOTH GRIM HAD SOUGHT THE OOZY FEN ON HIS TRACK ALL BENT OF BACK HAD CRAWLED THE HAIRY MEN AND FURTHERMORE STRANGE DEEDS OF YORE IN THIS DEAD PLACE WERE DONE THEY HAUNTED ME AS WILD AND FREE I ROAMED FROM SUN TO SUN UNTIL I CAME WHERE SUDDEN FLAME UPLIT THE TERRACED HEIGHT A REGNANT PEAK THAT SEEMED TO SEEK THE CORONAL OF NIGHT I SCALED THE PEAK MY HEART WAS WEAK YET ON AND ON I PRESSED SKYWARD I STRAINED UNTIL I GAINED ITS DAZZLING SILVER CREST AND THERE I FOUND WITH ALL AROUND A WORLD SUPINE AND STARK SWEPT CLEAN OF SNOW A FLAT PLATEAU AND ON IT LAY THE ARK YES THERE I KNEW BY TWO AND TWO THE BEASTS DID DISEMBARK AND SO IN HASTE I RAN AND TRACED IN LETTERS ON THE ARK MY HUMAN NAME BEN SMITH'S THE SAME AND NOW I WANT TO FLOAT A SYNDICATE TO HALL AND FREIGHT TO TOWN THAT NOBLE BOAT
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