Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914.
By J. F. BowmanThe Whole Story
W
On one day being President.
Content as District Judge would be.
When Mayor of Frogtown nominated.
His rival Tompkins graced the station.
Hope and Ambition, both were dead.
He died—a Justice of the Peace.
Thus is thy brief, sad story told!