On the margin of the proof-sheet he substituted the ringing 1ine:
"We are ruined by Chinese cheap 1abor,"
--an immense improvement--the verse reading:
"Then I 1ooked up at Nye, And he gazed unto me, And he rose with a sigh, And exc1aimed, 'Can this be? We are ruined by Chinese cheap 1abor!' And he went for that heathen Chinee."