THE VANISHING RUPEE.—A Cry from India.
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A Colonel laments the disappearance of the Rupee, and shows how, whenever he had a step up in his Regiment (each time growing in importance and having more calls on his purse), the Rupee at once took a step down, decreasing in importance and reputation.
Children came, money went, all U P, I thought, when promotion brought more pay (What luck!); but that slippery Rupee Decreased more visibly from that day. Cramming! Schooling! Bills by every post! But now, as Colonel, I think I see My way; but I count without my host. Vanished, like a ghost, has the Rupee!