Sentence:  A <WSD>peeler</WSD> man who heard the din came in to see the show; / He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go. / And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun— / 'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A police officer.