I admit that is not one of the poet's best known bits,--it's in 'Flying Islands of the Night,'-- but it is so exquisite that it ought to be better known.

And, by the way, Patty, if you thought Blaney did that gem, I don't wonder you admired him.

But, dear little girl, do you see now that the man is capable of deception ?" Patty looked deeply troubled.

"You're sure, Billee,--you're _positive_ about this ?" "As sure as I am of my own name." "Then I want nothing more to do with Sam Blaney or any of his crowd.
I'll never forgive it.

Why, he wrote the poem while I sat looking at him,--just as fast as he could scribble." "Doesn't that seem to prove it?
He knew Riley's lines, and wrote them down.