• Sunset Magazine (October, 1913)   "The Romance of Patrolman Casey"   A poem. Printed in the "The Month's Rodeo" section. p 780.  [MISC]

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from Sunset Magazine
The Romance of Patrolman Casey
by Ellis Parker Butler

There was a young patrolman who
    Had large but tender feet;
They always hurt him badly when
    He walked upon his beat.
(He always took them with him when
    He walked upon his beat.)

His name was Patrick Casey and
    A sweetheart fair had he;
Her face was full of freckles -- but
    Her name was Kate McGee.
(It was in spite of freckles that
    Her name was Kate McGee.)

"Oh, Pat!" she said, "I'll wed you when
    Promotion comes to you!"
"I'm much-obliged," he answered, and
    "I'll see what I can do."
(I may remark he said it thus --
    "Oi'll say phwat Oi kin do.")

So then he bought some new shoes which
    Allowed his feet more ease --
They may have been large twelves. Perhaps
    Eighteens, or twenty-threes.
(That's rather large for shoes, I think --
    Eighteens or twenty-threes!)

What last they were I don't know, but
    Somehow it seems to me
I've heard somewhere they either were
    A, B, C, D, or E.
(More likely they were five lasts wide --
    A, B plus C, D, E.)

They were the stoutest cowhide that
    Could be peeled off a cow.
        :   :   :   :
But he was not promoted
        :   :   :   :
                So
Kate wed him anyhow.
        :   :   :   :
(This world is crowded full of Kates
    That wed them anyhow.)
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