Next morning, where the two had sat
They found no trace of dog or cat;
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away!
But the truth about the cat and pup
Is this: they ate each other up!
Now what do you really think of that!
  (The old Dutch clock it told me so,
And that is how I came to know.)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Next morning, where the two had sat
They found no trace of dog or cat;
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away!
But the truth about the cat and pup
Is this: they ate each other up!
Now what do you really think of that!
  (The old Dutch clock it told me so,
And that is how I came to know.)" in the context of ""The Duel", st. 4" to mean that wisdom is timeless.