"At the Window."
In dull days of sensational horrors, and wild would-be humorous hums,
What delight to fly darkness, and watch the "Auld Licht," from "A Window in Thrums"!
Let pessimists potter and pule, and let savages slaughter and harry;
Give me Hendry, and Tammas, and Jess, and a smile, and a tear born of Barrie.
"The French," says Mrs. R., "have been shown up in a very queer light by all these Panama candles."