THE BARD AT HENLEY.
(A Reminiscence.)
Retirement after the Jubilee Fortnight.
"Far from the Madding Crowd."
Oh, Friday was lovely! The Bard who now sings
Saw Princes, Princesses, a Duke, and two Kings,
His Indian Highness, called Ras Kutch Thakore,
Nawab Gaffer Jung and several more.
They saw the best racing, then went to lunch with
The Closuring Commoner, our Mr. Smith.
'Twas Jubilee Weather! the Course was well kept!
Oh, champagne! and Oh, headache! I sighed—and then slept.
I awoke, to find all my companions gone,
And I, like the Rose, was left blooming alone.
So I plunged in the freshening stream—down, down, down
I dived, and I dived, then I came up—to town.
A Case against the Police.—This was Miss Case, who being arrested by a Constable, was Miss-taken for somebody else. Gallant Josephus Chamberlanius of the Orchid Squad has come to the rescue, and the "Matthews-at-Home" Secretary granted an inquiry. Before this paragraph appears, the Public may be in possession of the truth. Justice must be done, or the young woman may become Case-hardened. But whatever the result may be, the Magistrate should study and get by heart, Newton's Principia.