NURSERY RHYMES OF LONDON TOWN.

II.—King's Cross.

King's Cross!

What shall we do?

His purple robe

Is rent in two!

Out of his crown

He's torn the gems!

He's thrown his sceptre

Into the Thames!

The Court is shaking

In every shoe—

King's Cross!

What shall we do?

Leave him alone

For a minute or two.

III.—Bishopsgate.

Bishopsgate Without,

Bishopsgate Within!

What a clamour at the gate,

O what a din!

Inside and outside

The Bishops bang and shout,

Outside crying, "Let me in!"

Inside, "Let me out."


"Look here, confound you! What do you mean by your 'disclosures'? There's nothing here that wasn't in the morning papers."

"I'm sorry you're disappointed, Sir. At the same time I must point out to you that my connection with the paper gives me abserlootly no influence with the editorial department."