author - "Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth"

"I Remember Regulas Rothsay--Or Rule, As We Used To Call Him--When He
Was A Little Bit Of A Fellow Hardly Up To My Knee, Running About
Bare-Footed And Doing Odd Jobs Round The Foundry. Ah! And Now He Is
Elected Governor Of This State By The Biggest Majority Ever Heard Of,
And Engaged To Be Married To The Finest Young Lady In The Country, With
The Full Consent Of All Her Proud Relations. To Be Married To-Day And To
Be Inaugurated To-Morrow, And He Only Thirty-Two Years Old This Blessed
Seventh Of June!"